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Psychology Quotes by John Steinbeck

60 Psychology quotes by John Steinbeck

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Imagine a teacher sparking a mind, showing that teaching can be an art that shapes spirit. Steinbeck repeats the belief that a free, exploring mind is humanity’s greatest treasure and worth defending. He also shares a personal love for Montana, describing it as a place that feels different from all other states.

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“Who in his mind has not probe the dark water?”

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Sometimes a kind of glory lights up the mind of a man.

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Texas is not a state - it's a state of mind.

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“Why did his mind pick its way as delicately as a cat through cactus?”

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Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man.

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“His mind had no horizon—and his sympathy had no warp.”

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“She had learned fear now and her mind sniffed about like a rat looking for an escape.”

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“Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need-this is man.”

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“Curious how a place unvisited can take such hold on the mind so that the very name sets up a ringing.”

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The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.

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“I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some effection, but with Montana it is…

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But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know…

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“This one will be shrewd, I think, and shrewdness is a limitation on the mind. Shrewdness tells you what you must not…

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I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique…

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“Jesus Christ, one person with their mind made up can shove a lot of folks aroun'! You win, Ma. Put away that…

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“Some day, his mind said, that boy would know what things were in the books and what things were not.”

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These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not…

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This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this…

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“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And…

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“If every single man and woman, child and baby, acts and conducts itself in a known pattern and breaks no walls and…

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“And now the group was welded to one thing, one unit, so that in the dark the eyes of the people were…

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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…

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“She had not prayed directly for the recovery of the baby - she had prayed that they might find a pearl with…

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“Adam seemed clothed in a viscosity that slowed his movements and held his thoughts down. He saw the world through gray water.…

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And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And…

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Time interval is a strange and contradictory matter in the mind. It would be reasonable to suppose that a routine time or…

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The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of the writer. This is…

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“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And…

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I believe there are techniques of the human mind whereby, in its dark deep, problems are examined, rejected or accepted. Such activities…

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“And who in his mind has not probed the black water? Maybe we all have in us a secret pond where evil…

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“Tom felt his darkness. His father was beautiful and clever, his mother was short and mathematically sure. Each of his brothers and…

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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers]…

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“Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man.…

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“The last clear definite function of man—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man…For man, unlike…

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“Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man.…

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“I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique…

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“Minds me of a story they tell about Willy Feeley when he was a young fella. Willy was bashful, awful bashful. Well,…

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“Sometimes a kind of glory lights up the mind of a man. It happens to nearly everyone. You can feel it growing…

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Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

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“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.”

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