John Steinbeck Quotes

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.
John Steinbeck

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
John Steinbeck

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.
John Steinbeck

One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.
John Steinbeck

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
John Steinbeck

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
John Steinbeck

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world.
John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck Quotes
		No one wants advice - only corroboration. John Steinbeck Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
		Author Details: Type: Author Quotes Category: American Author Quotes Date of Birth: February 27, 1902 Date of Death: December 20, 1968 Nationality: American Amazon: John Steinbeck on Amazon	Related Authors: Zig Ziglar Tony Robbins Mark Twain Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joseph Campbell Anais Nin Brian Tracy Leo Buscaglia
		Select John Steinbeck Quotations: We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it. John Steinbeck Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. John Steinbeck A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. John Steinbeck One can find so many pains when the rain is falling. John Steinbeck Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. John Steinbeck A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. John Steinbeck It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world. John Steinbeck
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