Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
JOHN STEINBECKAll war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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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.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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