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 STEINBECKI 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 STEINBECKAnd, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
JOHN STEINBECKAll great and precious things are lonely.
JOHN STEINBECKIdeas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
JOHN STEINBECKIf you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
JOHN STEINBECKAnd now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
JOHN STEINBECKThere’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
JOHN STEINBECKBooks are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
JOHN STEINBECKYour 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 STEINBECKIt’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
JOHN STEINBECKPerhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
JOHN STEINBECKAh, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
JOHN STEINBECKYou’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
JOHN STEINBECKWhat good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
JOHN STEINBECKThe free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
JOHN STEINBECKPeople are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK