“Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.”
— John Steinbeck
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A sad soul can kill quicker than
“A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.”
— John Steinbeck
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Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in
“Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.”
— John Steinbeck
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A journey is like marriage. The certain
“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.”
— John Steinbeck
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I have come to believe that a
“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.”
— John Steinbeck
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Category: great
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It is a common experience that a
“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
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Unless a reviewer has the courage to
“Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.”
— John Steinbeck
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It has always seemed strange to me…
“It has always seemed strange to me… the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.”
— John Steinbeck
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Men do change, and change comes like
“Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.”
— John Steinbeck
Author: John Steinbeck
Category: change
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps
“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”
— John Steinbeck
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Category: fear
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I have come to believe that a
“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.”
— John Steinbeck
Author: John Steinbeck
Category: teacher
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