The Truthful Man Is Usually

Justice Is To Be Found Only In The Imagination.

To His Sister-in-law: What A Contrast Between Us! You Live A Warm And Glowing Life, Surrounded By Loved Ones Whom You Care For And Who Care For You; You Are Anchored In Contentment. I Drift About Without Rudder Or Compass, A Wreck On The Sea Of Life; I Have No Memories To Cheer Me, No Pleasant Illusions Of The Future To Comfort Me, Or About Me To Satisfy My Vanity. I Have No Family To Furnish The Only Kind Of Survival That Concerns Us, No Friends For The Wholesome Development Of My Affections, Or Enemies For My Malice.

It Is My Express Wish That In Awarding The [nobel Prizes] No Consideration Be Given To The Nationality Of The Candidates, But That The Most Worthy Shall Receive The Prize, Whether He Be Scandinavian Or Not.

Perhaps My Dynamite Plants Will Put An End To War Sooner Than Your [pacifist] Congresses. On The Day Two Army Corps Can Annihilate Each Other In One Second All Civilized Nations Will Recoil From War In Horror.

The Only True Solution Would Be A Convention Under Which All The Governments Would Bind Themselves To Defend Collectively Any Country That Was Attacked.