Jack London on limitation
Jack London71 quotes“Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.”
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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.
Jack LondonJack London But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
Jack LondonJack London A man with a club is a law-maker.
Jack LondonJack London Not all the monsters have fangs.
Jack LondonJack London Some sorts of truth are truer than others.
Jack LondonJack London It’s better to stand by someone’s side than by yourself
Jack LondonJack London To be able to forget means sanity.
Jack LondonJack London I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
Jack LondonJack London It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.
Jack LondonJack London He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
Jack LondonJack London I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
Jack LondonJack London As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
Jack LondonJack London Too much is written by the men who can’t write about the men who do write.
Jack LondonJack London A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
Jack LondonJack London There’s only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the dissapointments.
Jack LondonJack London Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
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It is not your duty or responsibility to change the minds of other people. The nature of their thinking is advanced or limited by their experience. In your presence, they have an opportunity to learn about you and, perhaps, to grow.
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