Jack Kerouac on choice
Jack Kerouac81 quotes“I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.”
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I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of ‘thinking’ and ‘enjoying’ what they call ‘living’, I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac You can’t live in this world but there’s nowhere else to go.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Night is longer than day for those who dream & day is longer than night for those who make their dreams comes true.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac On soft Spring nights I’ll stand in the yard under the stars – Something good will come out of all things yet – And it will be golden and eternal just like that – There’s no need to say another word.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Some of my most neurotically fierce bitterness is the result of realizing how untrue people have become.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I didn’t know what to say. I felt like crying, Goddammit everybody in the world wants an explanation for your acts and for your very being.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac You aren’t ever going to be anything in this world unless you do what you want to do, when you want to do it–don’t plan anything, just go out and do it.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac You’d be surprised how little I knew even up to yesterday
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Finding Nirvana is like locating silence.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling and laughing, and that until then I’ll rush around this world I insist is holy and pull at everyone’s lapel and make them confess to me and to all.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Don’t drink to get drunk. Drink to enjoy life.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac All of life is a foreign country.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac The silence was an intense roar.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac This is the story of America. Everybody’s doing what they think they’re supposed to do.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac
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MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
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Forgiveness is the choice to see people as they are now. When we’re mad at people, we’re angry because of something they said or did before this moment. By letting go of the past, we make room for miracles to replace our grievances.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.
Louise HayLouise Hay The only way the past can drag you back is if you choose to bring it with you into the present.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Because I always have a choice, I choose love.
Deepak ChopraDeepak Chopra Become mindful that remaining in a conflict is a choice.
Caroline MyssCaroline Myss I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
Quincy JonesQuincy Jones There are only 2 responses to the world, fear or love. Your life depends on which one you choose.
Deepak ChopraDeepak Chopra Every decision I make is a choice between a grievance and a miracle.
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