# Quote — Jack Kerouac, Some of the Dharma

> Literature is no longer Necessary Teaching is left.

- 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/literature-is-no-longer

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> 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.

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

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> My witness is the empty sky.

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