American author
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. – John Steinbeck
A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. – John Steinbeck
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 slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost. – John Steinbeck
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased. – John Steinbeck
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal. – John Steinbeck
Are cats strange animals or do they so resemble us that we find them curious as we do monkeys? – John Steinbeck
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental. – John Steinbeck
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone. – John Steinbeck
If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away. – John Steinbeck
He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat. – John Steinbeck
Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love. – John Steinbeck
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. – John Steinbeck
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power. – John Steinbeck
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway. – John Steinbeck
Learning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don’t believe that, watch an illiterate adult try to do it. – John Steinbeck
No one wants advice – only corroboration. – John Steinbeck
We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. – John Steinbeck
Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them. – John Steinbeck
There ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virtue. There’s just stuff people do. – John Steinbeck
Man has a choice and it’s a choice that makes him a man. – John Steinbeck
Being at ease with himself put him at ease with the world. – John Steinbeck
I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments. – John Steinbeck
I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything. – John Steinbeck
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