This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
JOHN STEINBECKIn utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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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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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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