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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Man's relation to pain changes with every significant shift in fundamental belief. This relation is in no way set; ra…"

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

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