Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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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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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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All great and precious things are lonely.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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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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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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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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To be alive at all is to have scars.
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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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You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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