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I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.

Jack London

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

Nature Oneself Philosophy Violence
He had come to know quite thoroughly the world in which he lived. His outlook was bleak and materialistic. The world as he saw it was a fierce and brutal world, a world without warmth, a world in which caresses and affection and the bright sweetness of spirit did not exist.
JACK LONDON

Affection Bright Existence Fierce Harsh Live Material Quite Spirit Strong Sweet Warm World
Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
JACK LONDON

Age Measurement Old Youth
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
JACK LONDON

Dedication Inspirational Wait Yourself
The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.
JACK LONDON

Himself Lingering Sleep Wild Wolf
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.
JACK LONDON

Bone Charity Compassionate Difference Dog Generosity Hungry Yourself
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.
JACK LONDON

Existence Inspirational Life Live Man Myself Proper Time Try Wasted
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 LONDON

Beginning Disappointment Hard Work Inspirational Motivational Patience Preparation
I’d rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.
JACK LONDON

Afraid Choice Heart Live Myself Sing Song Wild
If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
JACK LONDON

Fame Money Popular
Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
JACK LONDON

Art Deep Existence Love Reason
Alcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.
JACK LONDON

Alcohol Normal Truth
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 LONDON

Alive Beyond Forget Life Live Oneself Rise
No; I did not hate him. The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings. I can say only that I knew the gnawing of a desire for vengeance on him that was a pain in itself and that exceeded all the bounds of language.
JACK LONDON

Description Feeling Hate Language Myself Strong Weakness Word
White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
JACK LONDON

Law Obedience Oppression Strong Weakness
Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time.
JACK LONDON

Choice Eat Kill Law Time

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