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Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.

John Steinbeck

Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
JOHN STEINBECK

Art Greatness Human Teacher Teaching
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
JOHN STEINBECK

Family Parents
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
JOHN STEINBECK

Education Human Inspirational Mindset Spirit Teacher Teaching
When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
JOHN STEINBECK

Death Failure Love Men Talent
Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
JOHN STEINBECK

Fight God Philosophy Prayer
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Giving Sick Simple
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
JOHN STEINBECK

Mistake Ourselves Shine
I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.
JOHN STEINBECK

Book Himself Talk
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
JOHN STEINBECK

Corruption Fear Loss Power
An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
JOHN STEINBECK

Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
JOHN STEINBECK

Defeat Destroy Greatness Success Victory World
I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
JOHN STEINBECK

Believe Inspirational Man Strong Woman Empowerment Women
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Failure Men War
Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
JOHN STEINBECK

Help Reading Reality Writing
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
JOHN STEINBECK

Exploration Freedom Human Mindset Value World
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alcohol Taste World

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