All great and precious things are lonely.
JOHN STEINBECKAll great and precious things are lonely.
JOHN STEINBECKYou’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
JOHN STEINBECKYou know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
JOHN STEINBECKNearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
JOHN STEINBECKOut of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
JOHN STEINBECKPeople are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECKIn poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
JOHN STEINBECKA man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
JOHN STEINBECKIt’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
JOHN STEINBECKThe great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
JOHN STEINBECKIf you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
JOHN STEINBECKDon’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
JOHN STEINBECKI find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
JOHN STEINBECKThe final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
JOHN STEINBECKWhen two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
JOHN STEINBECKIt’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
JOHN STEINBECK