East of Eden

"In the eyes of love, all differences dissolve into insignificance."

"The burden of choice is the burden of freedom."

"A man must learn to live with his own uncertainty."

"The heart wants what it wants; reason rarely has a say."

"A man's only real security is his ability to work and create."

"The shame of being born is the beginning of wisdom."

"A man cannot live without some form of faith."

"Some people, when they see beauty or feel it, they suffer."

"A man needs a purpose, and if he does not have one, he will invent one."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."

"Men do not stir in the morning to excel."

"A woman is more complicated than a man."

"A man can destroy a woman more surely with a tongue than with a knife."

"The most untrustworthy people are those who make the most fuss about their trustworthiness."

"Every man has the right to use his mind to its full capacity."

"There's a hunger in men that seems to me to be the strongest force in the world."

"The quality of mercy is that it blesses him that gives and him that takes."

"A man can resist anything but temptation."

"We are lonely only when we choose to be lonely."

"The first thing an aggressive man must do is set up a straw man to attack."

"A man who wants the respect of intelligent men stays away from public notice."

"The money is secondary; the power is what counts."

"Maybe that's the greatest creative power of all things—not to make something from nothing, but to use the nothing itself."

"We are dying before we begin to live."

"To love someone is to see them clearly and accept what you see."

"The choice between good and evil is made moment by moment, day by day."

"A life without struggle is a life without meaning."

"Every man carries within him the capacity for his own redemption."

"Forgiveness is the hardest gift one can give oneself."