Peace for any prolonged period of time is impossible. Humans have a natural thirst for chaos and war is the most readily available form of chaos.
The clear and safe path leads evermore into stagnation
A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.
The most terrifying things in the universe came from human minds.
You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.
When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to see the cliff ahead of them