[He] fell right into the oldest conviction in the world-- that the girl you are in love with can't possibly be anything… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“But you said you did not love our father. How can you have faith in him if you didn’t love him?” “Maybe… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I am grieved at what you tell me," said Pellinore, "but I believe that God can change destiny. I must have faith… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“It is argued that because they believed thoroughly in a just, moral God they could put there faith there and let the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“And now they were weary and frightened because they had gone against a system they did not understand and it had beaten… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
A man so painfully in love is capable of self-torture beyond belief. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“It was well known that Liza Hamilton and the Lord God held similar convictions on nearly every subject.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“And here's a story you can hardly believe, but it's true, and it's funny and it's beautiful. There was a family of… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Her faith is a mountain, and you my son, haven't even got a shovel yet!” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I’d think there are degrees of greatness,” Adam said. “I don’t think so,” said Samuel. “That would be like saying there is a little… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“He was forever inventing a new way of doing an old thing and doing it better and quicker, but he never in his whole… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“You come back a changed man. Samuel, you don’t change him. He changes you. I can see the look of him in your face.”… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
At about 10 o'clock in the morning the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side windows and in and out… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house,… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image