Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
JOHN STEINBECKHow can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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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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You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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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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Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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