“The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.”

“Even if it is nonsense, it is often useful to know what kind of nonsense men believe.”

“-The reason we race isn't so much to beat each other but to be with each other. -The Hopis consider running a form of prayer; they offer every step as a sacrifice to a loved one, and in return ask the Great Spirit to match their strength with some of his own.”

“You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.”

“Truth does not surround itself with lies.”

“Fritz was melancholic by nature, and could tolerate his own gloom. I do not think this is so with you, who are sanguine and impatient. In your case, remorse and despondency could be crippling.”

“Having achieved what I thought was an ultimate ambition, I found, as I think is often the case, that there remained something more.”