East of Eden

"A man can only control his own actions, not the consequences they produce."

"To understand another is to understand yourself a little better."

"The weight of choices made accumulates like snow on a mountain."

"There is no failure except in no longer trying."

"Love without understanding is a dangerous thing."

"A man must master himself before he can hope to influence others."

"Some people cannot bear to live without a great deal of goodness around them."

"Men fear what they do not understand, and they destroy what they fear."

"Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man."

"The greatest safety lies in the middle way."

"A man can change what he thinks about himself when he thinks about himself differently."

"I think we are all Cain - we all have that capacity for darkness within us."

"The knowledge that you are not alone in the battle makes you braver."

"A man is his own most vicious enemy."

"Timidity is the ancestor of all guilt."

"The secret to getting ahead is getting started."

"Don't you know that a Catalan is only happy when he is fighting with a Catalan?"

"We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And that to me is the most thrilling thing about living."

"The world is new every morning if you know how to look at it."

"A man must do what he must do, and live with the consequences."

"Every man has his own reasons for his actions."

"Time takes care of all of us, but we must be patient."

"Everything that is alive comes from somewhere and has the universe in it."

"I carry in me the seed of evil as all men do."

"There's no way to triumph truly over an evil thing by avoiding it."

"A man can't stay married and free - not in this world."

"A man who tells secrets is not trustworthy."

"There's no word for it but it's the beating of the universe."

"I have nothing to teach you - nothing. My whole life is a lie."

"You can visit sin but you cannot live there."