Life Quote by John Steinbeck

“It is possible that his virtue lived on a lack of energy.”

— John Steinbeck

“During the years he was never sick, except of course for the chronic indigestion which was universal, and still is, with men who live…

— John Steinbeck

“He felt like a man whose fever had broken, flush with the euphoria of the first, tenuous return of strength—still weak, but buoyant with…

— Gaelen Foley

“He suffered from indigestion now nearly every afternoon in his life, but as he lacked introspection he projected the associated discomfort upon the world.…

— H.G. Wells

“His problem was the eternal question: What should he be? Inventor, scientist, artist—the energy he felt surging through him, an energy far more than…

— Pearl S. Buck

“Surely he had never fainted in his life! He glowed with robust good health and vibrant energy, as if he could conquer all the…

— Amanda McCabe

“…he is invariably a kind of super-size but unmistakably ‘classical’ neurotic, an aberrant who only occasionally, and never deeply, wishes to surrender his aberration;…

— J.D. Salinger

“This compulsion to an activity without respite, without variety, without result was so cruel that one day, noticing a swelling over his stomach, he…

— Marcel Proust

“In his life he'd passed through long periods of gratefulness and good cheer, but he'd scarcely even imagined this level of thorough contentment with…

— Chad Harbach

“Whether he knew of this deficiency himself I can't say. I think the knowledge came to him at last--only at the very last. But…

— Joseph Conrad

“He was looking forward to his visit not only for the pleasure of the shrewd dealing which far transcended mere gross profit, but with…

— William Faulkner

He who finds joy within himself discovers that his body is charged with electric current, life energy, not from food but from God.

— Paramahansa Yogananda