Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
Power, CorruptionJohn SteinbeckYou know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
AdviceJohn SteinbeckMany a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
Memories, TravelingJohn SteinbeckI have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
TeachersJohn SteinbeckA sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
Grief & Condolence, Illness & Sickness, DepressionJohn SteinbeckIdeas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
Thinking, IdeasJohn SteinbeckNo man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
Humanity, Criminal MindsJohn SteinbeckTexas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word.
TexasJohn Steinbeck