black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

John Steinbeck

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
JOHN STEINBECK

Deep Season Summer Winter
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
JOHN STEINBECK

Brain Weapons
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
JOHN STEINBECK

Ignorance Men Stupidity
Men 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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Change Hide Men
I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
JOHN STEINBECK

Believe Life Myself People See
Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
JOHN STEINBECK

Pain Secret
Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
JOHN STEINBECK

Goodness Lose Love Right
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.
JOHN STEINBECK

Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
JOHN STEINBECK

Hate Leaving Life
All great and precious things are lonely.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alone Greatness Lonely
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Couple Ideas Inspirational Wisdom
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK

Moments People See
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
JOHN STEINBECK

Born Lost Myself
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
JOHN STEINBECK

Feeling Yourself
There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
JOHN STEINBECK

Person Responsibility Space
I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks.
JOHN STEINBECK

Book Himself Talk

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More John Steinbeck Quotes