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 STEINBECKThe craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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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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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
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A man without words is a man without thought.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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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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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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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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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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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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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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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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