# Quote — Jack Kerouac, Some of the Dharma

> A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be.

- Author: [Jack Kerouac](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-kerouac.md)
- Book: [Some of the Dharma](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-kerouac/some-of-the-dharma.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Kerouac#Some_of_the_Dharma_(1997)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-kerouac/some-of-the-dharma/a-man-who

## More from this book

> Mankind is like dogs, not gods — as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you — but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-kerouac/some-of-the-dharma/mankind-is-like.md)

> Soon I'll find the right words, they'll be very simple.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-kerouac/some-of-the-dharma/soon-ill-find.md)

> Literature is no longer Necessary Teaching is left.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-kerouac/some-of-the-dharma/literature-is-no-longer.md)