More Quotes by John Steinbeck
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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.
To be alive at all is to have scars.
Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.
One pays for everything, the trick is not to pay too much of anything for anything.
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick.
The fields were fruitful, and starving men moved on the roads.
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.
