For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism - either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. An all plans, safeguards, policies and coercion are fruitless. We find… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human experience; that they had gone through pain and had come… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen. It's scary to think about. Point of reference… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of man. Nothing… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of people in the world, observers and non-observers... — 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
