This is a battle, a war, and the casualties could be your hearts and souls.
Read more John Keating QuotesFrom: Dead Poets Society
John Keating: Now we all have a great need for acceptance, but you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd or unpopular, even though the herd may go,John Keating: "that's baaaaad." Robert Frost said, "Two roads diverged in the wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."
For the first time in my whole life, I know what I wanna do! And for the first time, I'm gonna do it! Whether my father wants me to or not! Carpe diem!
John Keating: Close your eyes, close your eyes! Close 'em! Now, describe what you see.Todd Anderson: Uh, I-I close my eyes.John Keating: Yes.Todd Anderson: Uh, and this image floats beside me.John Keating: A sweaty-toothed madman.Todd Anderson: A sweaty-toothed madman with a stare that pounds my brain.John Keating: Oh, that's excellent! Now, give him action - make him do something!Todd Anderson: H-His hands reach out and choke me.John Keating: That's it! Wonderful, wonderful!Todd Anderson: And all the time he's mumbling.John Keating: What's he mumbling?Todd Anderson: Mumbling truth.John Keating: Yeah, yes.Todd Anderson: Truth like-like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold.John Keating: Forget them, forget them! Stay with the blanket. Tell me about that blanket!Todd Anderson: Y-Y-You push it, stretch it, it'll never be enough. You kick at it, beat it, it'll never cover any of us. From the moment we enter crying t-to the moment we leave dying, it'll just cover your face as you wail and cry and scream.John Keating: Don't you forget this.