“Listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world”

—  Jack Kerouac

Letter to Edith Parker Kerouac (28 January 1957); published in Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters 1957-1969 (1999)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Jan. 21, 2022. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world" by Jack Kerouac?
Jack Kerouac photo
Jack Kerouac 266
American writer 1922–1969

Related quotes

Prevale photo

“We live in a world of illusions, where the wisest, in silence, witness an infinity of ridiculous actions.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Viviamo in un mondo di illusioni, dove i più saggi, in silenzio, assistono ad un'infinità di ridicole azioni.
Source: prevale.net

Thomas Hardy photo
Anthony de Mello photo

“When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.”

Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer

Comprehension
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

Thomas Hood photo

“I saw old Autumn in the misty morn
Stand shadowless like Silence, listening
To silence.”

Thomas Hood (1799–1845) British writer

Ode. Autmn http://www.gerald-massey.org.uk/eop_hood_poetical_works_5.htm#195b, st. 1 (1827).
1820s

Edith Sitwell photo

“My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.”

Edith Sitwell (1887–1964) British poet

As quoted in Reader's Digest Vol. 111, No. 666, (October 1977)

Susan Sontag photo
Lucius Cornelius Sulla photo

“How is this? Ought not the petitioner to speak first, and the conqueror to listen in silence?”

Lucius Cornelius Sulla (-138–-78 BC) Ancient Roman general, dictator

To Mithridates VI of Pontus, at a peace conference, as quoted in " Sylla http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/sylla.html" by Plutarch in Plutarch's Lives as translated by John Dryden

Related topics