Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
JOHN STEINBECKA 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.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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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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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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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 know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. Confused people can make no clear demands.
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When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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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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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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People like you to be something, preferably what they are.
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