The Jack London Credo

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

Jack Lon­don (1876 – 1916)