Jack Kerouac Quotes

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time.

The only truth is music.

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.

The air-conditioned nightmare.

I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop.

The road is life.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

The best teacher is experience and not through someone’s distorted point of view.

I’m writing this because no one would believe it.

Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life.

The mad ones endure.

The world was suddenly rich with possibility.

The best teacher is a good example.

I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.

The only truth is love.

The only truth is poetry.

You can’t teach what you don’t know.

The only rule is no rules.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

I’m coming to find out that as long as I’m terrific in my own mind, I don’t give a damn what other people think.

Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.

My witness is the empty sky.

The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one.

I don’t know, I don’t care, and it doesn’t make any difference.

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to be saved.

There isn’t any such thing as an empty moment or a mere existence.

The only truth is silence.

No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness.

I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one blazing star to another till I drop.

I was just sudded into the twenty-first century by a watch.

I had nothing to do but listen to my own heart pounding with love.

Something good will come of all things yet.

Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.

Laugh I never did enough of.

The best teacher is time.

The best teacher is failure.

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to love, mad to talk, mad to be saved.

The truth of the matter is we’re all traveling on the same track, but with different eyes.

All I wanted to do was marry a pretty woman.

I have nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

The best teacher is a beginner’s mind.

The only truth is the present moment.

Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Come on. Swim in the sea. Dance in the rain.

It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on.

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to love, mad to be saved.