Jack Kerouac

Novelist Poet American 1922 – 1969

American Beat writer known for On the Road.

366 quotes

"The one thing we're all looking for is connection."
Relationships
"You can't fake it in the moment of creation."
Art
"Every bone in my body tells me that I am mean, that I am small, that I am not good."
Courage
"The world is holy and beautiful, if we have eyes to see it."
Beauty
"All of us get the same amount of minutes in a day, the question is what we do with them."
Time
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
Truth
"I think there is something in us that wants to die, as well as something that wants to live."
Philosophy
"The only truth is music."
Music
"I don't know how to live without energy anymore."
Motivation
"You fail only if you stop writing."
Perseverance
"Love is the key to the universe."
Love
"The more you own, the more it owns you."
Wisdom
"I am the only one who understands my own sadness."
Solitude
"Tomorrow may be too late; live today."
Life
"The trouble with us is we are bleeding to death from subtraction."
Change
"Beauty is the light in another's eyes."
Beauty
"You need a permanent dwelling place, but an open road attitude."
Freedom
"I'm beginning to think that nothing can be known except through memory and imagination."
Knowledge
"The only thing to do is rest and discharge yourself of the burden of enthusiasm."
Peace
"We should all realize that each of us is a prisoner to the law."
Justice
"I don't believe in the words of men, I believe in the words of children."
Truth
"Art is the attempt to render the highest justice to the universe."
Art
"Happiness is a silent thing."
Happiness
"I want to be natural, I want to be happy."
Happiness
"The only way to travel is with open eyes and an open heart."
Adventure
"I have nowhere to go but everywhere."
Freedom
"The secret of being happy is being kind."
Kindness
"We're all lost now in the American darkness."
Philosophy
"I am waiting for God to show me a sign."
Faith
"The problem with the world is not that people are good or evil, but that they are asleep."
Wisdom