When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
JOHN STEINBECKMen 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.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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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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Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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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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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.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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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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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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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.
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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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A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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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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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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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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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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