The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted everything we have missed something --war. This life of ours is a very enjoyable fight, but a very miserable truce.
Source: Charles Dickens, The Optimism of Dickens (1906).
-- G K Chesterton, (May 29 1874-1936), English essayist, novelist, journalist, poet; He is noted for the detective series with sleuth Father Brown.