John Steinbeck Quotes About Doubt

Quotes about: Doubt

• But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew 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. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves anymore, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his coattails.

  John Steinbeck

  Strong, Men, Thinking

  John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.16, Penguin

• After the bare requisites to living and reproducing, man wants most to leave some record of himself, a proof, perhaps, that he has really existed. He leaves his proof on wood, on stone or on the lives of other people. This deep desire exists in everyone, from the boy who writes dirty words in a public toilet to the Buddha who etches his image in the race mind. Life is so unreal. I think that we seriously doubt that we exist and go about trying to prove that we do.

  John Steinbeck

  Dirty, Writing, Boys

  John Steinbeck (1995). “The Pastures of Heaven”, p.59, Penguin

• Maybe-- maybe love makes you suspicious and doubting. Is it true that when you love a woman you are never sure-- never sure of her because you aren't sure of yourself?

  John Steinbeck

  Eden, Doubt, Maybe Love

  John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.64, Penguin

• Oh, we can populate the dark with horrors, even we who think ourselves informed and sure, believing nothing we cannot measure or weigh. I know beyond all doubt that the dark things crowding in on me either did not exist or were not dangerous to me, and still I was afraid.

  John Steinbeck

  Fear, Believe, Dark

  John Steinbeck (2007). “Travels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947-1962”

• In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence, but there is no question of my pleasure and pride in having it for myself.

  John Steinbeck

  Heart, Pride, Men

  John Steinbeck (2003). “America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction”, p.146, Penguin

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