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

“It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.”

“Mr. Trask, do you think the thoughts of people suddenly become important at a given age? Do you have sharper feelings or clearer thoughts now than when you were ten? Do you see as well, hear as well, taste as vitally?”

“In our time mass or collective production has entered our economics, our politics, even our religion, so that some nations have substituted the idea collective for the idea God. This in my time is the danger. There is great tension in the world, tension toward a breaking point, and men are unhappy and confused. At such a time it seems natural and good to me to ask myself these questions. What do I believe in? What must I fight for and what must I fight against?”

“Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know.”

“A man without words is a man without thought.”

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

“Fight to win, but even if you lose, take some lessons from that battlefield.”

“Beyond that closed door, great things are in store, if you are willing to connect the dots and elevate your thoughts.”

“You can still accomplish more if you look beyond the closed door.”

“She didn’t need hope anymore because she knew the things you wanted weren’t necessarily the things that you needed. She knew that the things that were meant to be just happened. You couldn’t control them like she once thought.”

“Any idea can become a success as long as you carefully think about it, work around it, work on it, and wait on it.”

“If someone does not appreciate you, let them go.”