The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.
JOHN STEINBECKTeaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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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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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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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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An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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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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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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