"The task is not to overcome opponents..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the vanquished; polite-always that is how the four cardinal virtues want us.”

“Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you.”

“Too long, the earth has been a madhouse!”

“The new always looks so puny-so unpromising-next to the reality of the massive, ongoing business.”

“None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”

“You made a big mistake by letting me come, because now I'm going after your job”

“From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.”

“I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.”

“Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people.”