There are things greater than our wisdom, beyond our justice.'The Wit of Porportuk' in The Best Short Stories of Jack London (1962) ISBN 3-6.Age is never so old as youth would measure it.As quoted in 'They Came to Write in Hawai‘i' by Joseph Theroux, in Spirit of Aloha (March/April 2007).Life’s not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.As quoted in Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior (1991) by Dan Millman, p.Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.Also included in Jack London’s Tales of Adventure, ed.The Bulletin, San Francisco, California, December 2, 1916, part 2, p.

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.'Confession' in Complete Works of Jack London, Delphi Classics, (2013).Charity is the bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry as the dog. ' To Build a Fire' published as a collection of short stories in the book Lost Face (1910).He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances. The trouble with him was that he was without imagination.Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard (11 August 1905).“Who are they who speak evil of the clay? The very stars are made of clay like mine!” Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard (21 August 1903).I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.

The Sea Wolf by Jack London