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

Quote by Jack Kerouac

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Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea," said Japhy. "Remember that book I told...

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea,

Accept loss forever.

Accept loss forever.

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea, said Japhy. Remember that book I told...

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea, said Japhy. Remember that book I told...

...colleges being nothing but grooming schools for the middleclass non-identity which usually finds its perfect...

...colleges being nothing but grooming schools for the middleclass non-identity which usually finds its perfect...

Why did I allow myself to be bored ever in the past and to compensate...

Why did I allow myself to be bored ever in the past and to compensate...

You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.

You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.

¦-no girl had ever moved me with a story of spiritual suffering and so beautifully...

¦-no girl had ever moved me with a story of spiritual suffering and so beautifully...

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

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

Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in...

Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in...

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in...

Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in...

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea," said Japhy. "Remember that book I told...

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea,

My witness is the empty sky.

My witness is the empty sky.

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll...

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll...

All of life is a foreign country.

All of life is a foreign country.

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live...

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live...

Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.

Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.

All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.

All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I...

A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I...