Dean Koontz Quotes

As we work to reweave the strands of connection, we can be supported by the wisdom and lovingkindness of others.

I write little quotes all the time to help encourage people to come together, like this one: 'If fate happens to toss you a lightbulb, use it to light the path of others, for they will use theirs to light the path of you. With your light together with mine, it's two times as bright and twice as strong.'

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

You cannot heal yourself. You cannot heal anybody else. We're designed to do this in community because we were created inside community for community by community.

It's very important for us all to understand that we are interconnected and we need to hold hands together, especially when the going gets tough.

We are not, and never need be, alone.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion.

I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other.

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light.

It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.

There's too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin' to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there's a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that you're not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world.

Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.

In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team.

Are we truly being our sisters' keepers? Initially, that dog-eat-dog mentality within us may bark and say that we aren't responsible for other people, but if that was truly the case, then why are we even here? We have so much to offer and give to this world.

With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel.

Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.

I can tell you that my family in the absolute worst of times has seen the absolute best in people. And, that has given us more strength than could ever imagine.

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.

Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.

There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police We must love one another or die.