Truth Quote by John Steinbeck — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Our Father who art in nature, who has given the gift of survival to the coyote, the common brown rat, the English sparrow, the house fly and the moth, must have a great and overwhelming love for no-goods and blots-on-the-town and bums, and Mack and the boys. Virtues and graces and laziness and zest. Our Father who art in nature.”

“A man with a beard was always a little suspect anyway. You couldn't say you wore a beard because you liked a beard. People didn't like you for telling the truth. You had to say you had a scar so you couldn't shave.”

“It is argued that because they believed thoroughly in a just, moral God they could put their faith there and let the smaller securities take care of themselves. But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they know beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units - because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back.”

“If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.”

“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”

“DNA tells you all the secrets of life,’ he used to say. Except for one—how to live it.”

“I carry my adornments on my soul.”

“We huddle tightly together as cowards, protecting the ranks of our false collective identity from "less-human" intruders, when the only obvious and sane truth is that we are all the same human beings.”

“Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.”

“When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth.”

“We should gather all the good and true principles in the world and treasure them up, or we shall not come out true Mormons.”