I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people that have set themselves against me round about." "No--he would not be afraid!" Gwent mused--"He is a man for whom there is no such thing as fear! But--if it knew--the world might be afraid of HIM!" Aloud he said--"Well, you may put an end to war, but you will never put an end to men's hatred and envy of one another, and if they can't 'let the steam off' in fighting, they'll find some other way which may be worse.

If you come to consider it, all nature is at war with itself,--it's a perpetual struggle to live, and it's evident that the struggle was intended and ordained as universal law.

Life would be pretty dull without effort--and effort means war." "War against what ?--against whom ?" asked Seaton.
"Against whatever or whoever opposes the effort," replied Gwent, promptly--"There must be opposition, otherwise effort would be unnecessary.

My good fellow, you've got an idea that you can alter the fixed plan of things, but you can't.

The cleverest of us are only like goldfish in a glass bowl--they see the light through, but they cannot get to it.