Power does not happen to a man. He happens to power.Jack London
With power one can command the explanations of lesser, weaker minds, and thus it was that I succeeded in burying the dead man under a mass of theory and science.Walter Bass
Life no longer carried its old values. It was cheaper, far cheaper, than it had ever been.Jack London
The game was not worth the candle, was the way he put it, and he had felt justified in conveying false information about the dead man’s theory.Walter Bass
Not through speech, nor through writing, nor through violence could he express what he felt.Jack London
Men are strange animals. They grow so apathetic. They have so little understanding of life and its energies. They make a little fuss at first; but they do not keep it up.The Minions of Midas
Resource and self-reliance were the best things to possess in times of danger, and he had learned to steer his own course and to avoid things that might prove detrimental to him.Jack London
I told you so time and again. But you wouldn’t listen, you can’t listen, your ears are filled with your own voices.Walter Bass
I could not play the ostrich. I could not hide my head under a bunch of hay and pretend not to see or understand.Walter Bass
For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself. The greatest effrontery of the human heart is to believe it may be known by the intellect.Jack London