The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow eating agony of a lie is never lost.
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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More Quotes from John Steinbeck
Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.
This is the law: The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.
It is a hard thing to leave any deeply routined life, even if you hate it.
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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.
Ignorance never settle a question.
Emotions are inherent in your nature, but their content is dictated by your mind.
A man is as big as the measure of his thinking.
Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.