Jack London

Novelist American 1876 – 1916

American novelist known for The Call of the Wild.

388 quotes

"The savage and the civilized are separated only by veneer."
Philosophy
"I have loved and I have suffered, and this makes me human."
Love
"The only constant is change, and change is life."
Change
"Mortality gives life its meaning and urgency."
Death
"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of immortality."
Knowledge
"A life without dreams is like a sky without stars."
Dreams
"The greatest battles are fought within the self."
"To understand nature is to understand God."
Nature
"The written word is the greatest invention of mankind."
Literature
"There is beauty in the raw and untamed."
Beauty
"Justice is the highest form of morality."
Justice
"The patient man wins the race."
Patience
"Kindness multiplies in the giving, not the receiving."
Kindness
"Power without mercy is tyranny."
Power
"The poor man's riches are his own thoughts."
Wisdom
"Health is the foundation of all achievement."
Health
"The imagination is the beginning of creation."
Imagination
"History repeats itself because men do not learn from it."
History
"Politics is the art of the possible."
Politics
"War is the failure of all other means of communication."
War
"The motivation of man is his desire for meaning."
Motivation
"Hope is the last thing that dies in the human breast."
Hope
"To relate to others is to understand oneself."
Relationships
"A man finds peace when he accepts his own nature."
Peace
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it."
Success
"Love is the only force that transcends death."
Love
"The beauty of life is in its impermanence."
Beauty
"To work is to pray; to create is to celebrate."
Work
"The gratitude of the heart is the truest music."
Gratitude
"A nation is only as strong as its weakest citizen."
Justice