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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.

John Steinbeck

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
How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
JOHN STEINBECK

Anger Children Men
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
JOHN STEINBECK

Family Parents
No one wants advice – only corroboration.
JOHN STEINBECK

Advice Business Entrepreneur
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
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
JOHN STEINBECK

Last Listening Myself Rule Story
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
JOHN STEINBECK

Journey Space Time
To be alive at all is to have scars.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alive Scars
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
JOHN STEINBECK

Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
JOHN STEINBECK

Feet Horse Men Spiritual
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
JOHN STEINBECK

Himself Human Literature Men
In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Change Herself Money Sickness
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
JOHN STEINBECK

Kind Love Understand
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
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
JOHN STEINBECK

Giving Sick Simple
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
JOHN STEINBECK

Feeling Yourself

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