Jack London

Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?

Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.

One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.

The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.

In a saturated population life is always cheap.

Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

The proper function of man is to live not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry as the dog.

He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living this ecstasy comes when one is most alive and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.

San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

If cash comes with fame come fame if cash comes without fame come cash.

Affluence means influence.

Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.

Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.

Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.

You cant wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Love, genuine passionate love, was his for the first time.