Kathryn Harrison Quotes

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

The people who say: 'You are what you eat' have always seemed addled to me. In my opinion, you are what you think, and if you don't think, you can eat all the meat in Kansas City and still be nothing but a vegetable.

Dreams really tell you about yourself more than anything else in this world could ever tell you.

My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.

Our thoughts are certainly part of us; they come from us, but we are not our thoughts. Have you ever woken up in the morning and said to yourself, 'I am not going to think today; I am too tired'? No, of course not. Just as breathing happens and is constant, thoughts happen, and they are also constant.

Beneath words and logic are emotional connections that largely direct how we use our words and logic.

I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well.

If I'm not living from my heart, I get sick.

Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human.

Sometimes a faint voice based on instinct resonates far more strongly than overpowering logic.

Sometimes it's hard to tell where your instincts start and your baggage stops.

Have you ever wondered what your subconscious mind looks like? Well today, I can show you.

When we can communicate from the inside out, we're talking directly to the part of the brain that controls behavior, and then we allow people to rationalize it with the tangible things we say and do. This is where gut decisions come from.

If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.

The ego is not master in its own house.

Your heart is very much connected to your mind.

The most enduring battle is between head and heart; what would be efficient and logical is nearly always trumped by what is messy and illogical.

I've always been more comfortable making my decisions from the subconscious level, or more emotionally, because I find it is more truthful to me; Intellectually, I don't think like that because I get uncomfortable.

Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being.

I'm driven more by my heart more than anything else, and my head, and sometimes those things are counterintuitive.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

Some day... some day, I want to go much deeper into the human mind.

I overthink decisions when I should really trust my heart.

Everybody has a spiritual body. Everybody has a physical body, and so your spiritual body is the stuff that holds all of your emotions like your body holds your organs, your food, your muscles, your water. Your spiritual body holds your emotional state and your mental state.

With work and life, your true depth can become an alien thing to you. Your gut feelings, your instincts become buried.