East of eden Quote by John Steinbeck Download Open image “Sometimes a kind of glory lights up the mind of a man.” — John Steinbeck ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare East of eden Glory Kind Light Light up Men Mind Psychology Sometimes
“Sometimes a kind of glory lights up the mind of a man. It happens to nearly everyone. You can feel it growing or preparing… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a kind of glory lights up the mind of a man. It happens to nearly everyone. You can feel it growing or preparing… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The taste for glory can make ordinary men behave in extraordinary ways. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
It is feeling that sets a man thinking, and not thought that sets him feeling. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld 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 bigness. No. I believe when you come to that responsibility - that hugeness - you are alone to make your choice. On one side you have warmth and companionship and sweet understanding, and on the other… — John Steinbeck Copy Share
“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
I don't think there is a single sentence in this whole book [East of Eden] that does not either develop character, carry on the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I've heard two ways of looking at it. One says the silent man is the wise man & the other that a man without… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
In East of Eden, John Steinbeck wrote that there's never been a great creative collaboration. When the Beatles first burst on the scene, I… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“First we find a buried star and now we go to dig up a mint-new human” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
There's a capacity for appetite... that a whole heaven and earth of cake can't satisfy — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller. A story has in it neither gain nor loss. But a lie is a device for profit or escape. I suppose if that definition is strictly held… — John Steinbeck Copy Share
“It's because I haven't courage,' said Samuel. 'I could never quite take the responsibility. When the Lord God did not call my name, I might have called his name - but I did not. There you have the difference between greatness and mediocrity. It's not an uncommon disease. But it's nice for a mediocre man to know that greatness must… — John Steinbeck Copy Share
“But some men are friends with the whole world in their hearts, and there are others that hate themselves and spread their hatred around… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love. When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him… — John Steinbeck Copy Share
“…this was the gold from our mining: 'Thou mayest.' The American Standard translation orders men to triumph over sin (and you can call sin ignorance). The King James translation makes a promise in 'Thou shalt,' meaning that men will surely triumph over sin. But the Hebrew word timshel—'Thou mayest'—that gives a choice. For if 'Thou mayest'—it is also true that… — Jo A. Lee Copy Share
A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean question: Was it… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
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