"In war you learn thoroughly, but the tuition fees are high."

"Throughout the war, it was always my endeavour to view my opponent without animus, and to form an opinion of him as a…"

"At the sight of the Neckar slopes wreathed with flowering cherry trees, I had a strong sense of having come home. Wha…"

"This was the home of the great god Pain, and for the first time I looked through a devilish chink into the depths of …"

"There are periods of decline when the pattern fades to which our inmost life must conform. When we enter upon them we…"

"Habent sua fata libelli et balli [Books and bullets have their own destinies]"

"These moments of nocturnal prowling leave an indelible impression. Eyes and ears are tensed to the maximum, the rustl…"

"We had come from lecture halls, school desks and factory workbenches, and over the brief weeks of training, we had bo…"

"We do not escape our boundaries or our innermost being. We do not change. It is true we may be transformed, but we al…"

"When once it is no longer possible to understand how a man gives his life for his country – and the time will come – …"