There are monstrous changes taking place in the world, forces shaping a future whose face we do not … - John Steinbeck

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Humankind has not evolved in its most basic instincts much beyond the caveman era. Yet every attempt to change that is met with scorn.

John Steinbeck

There are monstrous changes taking place in the world, forces shaping a future whose face we do not know. Some of these forces seem evil to us, perhaps not in themselves but because their tendency is to eliminate other things we hold good.

Changes, Evil, Forces, Magnificence, Perhaps, World

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With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.

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The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. It's not only their unbelievable stature, nor the color which seems to shift and vary under your eyes, no, they are not like any trees we know, they are ambassadors from another time.

Color, Eye, Know, Like, Redwoods, Silence

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

People, Stories, Courses, Listen, Story

The camera need not be a cold mechanical device. Like the pen, it is as good as the man who uses it. It can be the extension of mind and heart.

Heart, Men, Mind, Like, Device

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

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