Peace Is That State In Which Fear

I Was A Peaceful Sedentary Man, A Lover Of A Quiet Life, With No Appetite For Perils And Commotions. But I Was Beginning To Realise That I Was Very Obstinate.

It Would Scarcely Be Destruction," He Replied Gently. "let Us Call It Iconoclasm, The Swallowing Of Formulas, Which Has Always Had Its Full Retinue Of Idealists. And You Do Not Want A Napoleon . All That Is Needed Is Direction, Which Could Be Given By Men Of Far Lower Gifts Than A Bonaparte. In A Word, You Want A Power-house, And Then The Age Of Miracles Will Begin.

We Can Pay Our Debts To The Past By Putting The Future In Debt To Ourselves.

Civilisation Is A Conspiracy.

The World Was Arrogant And Self-satisfied, But Behind All This Confidence There Was An Uneasy Sense Of Impending Disaster. The Old Creeds, Both Religious And Political, Were Largely In The Process Of Dissolution, But We Did Not Realise The Fact, And Therefore Did Not Look For New Foundations.