The words are meaningless except in terms of feeling. Does anyone act as the result of thought or does feeling stimulate action… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Do you take pride in your hurt?” Samuel asked. “Does it make you seem large and tragic?” “I don't know.” “Well, think… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The proofs that God does not exist are very strong, but in lots of people they are not as strong as the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a feeling for pleasure. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling or teaching or ordering.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
This is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another-but that does not make your feeling less… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
It is strange how a man believes he can think better in a special place. I have such a place, have always… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
For the first time I am working on a book that is not limited and that will take every bit of experience… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Do you take pride in your hurt?' Samuel asked. 'Does it make you seem large and tragic? . . . Maybe you're… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I think there must have been some other girl printed somewhere in his heart, for he was a man of love and… — 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