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

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

Jack London

The function of man is to live, not to exist.

The function of man is to live, not to exist.

Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.

Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.

Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.

Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.

The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.

The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.

Not all the monsters have fangs.

Not all the monsters have fangs.

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

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

Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.

Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.

The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.

The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.

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

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

The tango is a direct expression of something that poets have often tried to state in words: the belief that a fight may be a celebration.

The tango is a direct expression of something that poets have often tried to state in words: the belief that a fight may be a celebration.

May Heaven exist, even if my place is Hell.

May Heaven exist, even if my place is Hell.

It means much to have loved, to have been happy, to have laid my hand on the living Garden, even for a day.

It means much to have loved, to have been happy, to have laid my hand on the living Garden, even for a day.

If space is infinite, we may be at any point in space. If time is infinite, we may be at any point in time.

If space is infinite, we may be at any point in space. If time is infinite, we may be at any point in time.

Soccer is popular because stupidity is popular.

Soccer is popular because stupidity is popular.

The future is inevitable and precise, but it may not occur. God lurks in the gaps.

The future is inevitable and precise, but it may not occur. God lurks in the gaps.

Only in the present do things happen.

Only in the present do things happen.

I saw all the mirrors on earth and none of them reflected me.

I saw all the mirrors on earth and none of them reflected me.

Art is endless like a river flowing, passing, yet remaining.

Art is endless like a river flowing, passing, yet remaining.