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More Quotes by John Steinbeck
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.
I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house, and he will die of despair.
And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick.
Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
The human is the only guilty animal.
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
