The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts will do the same thing in their degree, down to a stone stepped over in a path or a breath caught at the sight of a pretty girl or a finger nail nicked in the garden soil.
John SteinbeckTag: history direction cause-and-effect
You must name a thing before you can note it on your hand drawn map.
John SteinbeckIt's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
John SteinbeckHe went to his own dark house and lighted the lamps and set fire in the stove. The clock wound by Elizabeth still ticked, storing in its spring the pressure of her hand, and the wool socks she had hung to dry over the stove screen were still damp. These were vital parts of Elizabeth that were not dead yet. Joseph pondered slowly over it. Life cannot be cut off quickly. One cannot be dead until the things he changed are dead. His effect is the only evidence of his life.
John SteinbeckTag: death
Before I knowed it, I was saying out loud, 'The hell with it! There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing. And some of the things folks do is nice, and some ain't nice, but that's as far as any man got a right to say.
John SteinbeckTag: right-and-wrong
Auf dem Kopf hatte er einen Strohhut mit zwei Löchern in der Krempe, die vermuten ließen, dass der Hut ehemals die Kopfbedeckung eines Pferes gewesen war.
John SteinbeckIn human affairs of danger and delicacy successful conclusion is sharply limited by hurry. So often men trip by being in a rush. If one were properly to perform a difficult and subtle act, he should first inspect the end to be achieved and then, once he had accepted the end as desirable, he should forget it completely and concentrate solely on the means. By this method he would not be moved to false action by anxiety or hurry or fear. Very few people learn this.
John SteinbeckI've heard two ways of looking at it. One says the silent man is the wise man
John SteinbeckUna mentira es algo bueno y valioso. Un objeto precioso e imponderable que conviene tener en reserva. Pero nunca utilices esta joya hasta que hayas agotado todas las verdades. La verdad es patrimonio común, algo que siempre está a mano, pero las mentiras hay que inventarlas y jamás puedes estar seguro de su eficacia hasta que las hayas usado... y entonces es demasiado tarde
John SteinbeckThis is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan to save yourself?"
And Merlin said quietly, "Because I am wise. In the combat between wisdom and feeling, wisdom never wins.
Tag: wisdom love magic feeling king-arthur merlin knights
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