Ender's Game

"A commander must be willing to sacrifice everything for his army."

"Victory without understanding is just destruction."

"He was too young to understand what they were doing to him."

"The greatest weapon is one that knows it is a weapon."

"They wanted a killer. They got a conscience instead."

"In the end, it was not the battles he won that defined him, but the ones he lost."

"He had been given the tools of godhood and the mind of a child."

"Understanding your opponent is the first step to defeating them."

"A game is only fun if you play to win."

"They made him into a weapon, and then they blamed him for destroying things."

"Isolation breeds a certain clarity of thought."

"The human species is the most adaptable of all creatures."

"I am not a killer. I never wanted any of this."

"Ender learned to think like his enemies so completely he became them."

"He was a monster, and he knew it."

"Children are not the future - they are the present."

"Games are the only context in which it's acceptable to lie."

"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, I destroy him."

"The mind of a child is like a mirror - it reflects the world around it without judgment."

"Isolation is the privilege of the strong. The weak are always desperate for connection."

"To become truly powerful, you must first understand your own limitations."

"The mind is the greatest weapon, sharper than any laser or missile."

"Kindness is a strategy. It disarms people, makes them want to help you."

"I am not what I seem. None of us are. We are all prisoners of our circumstances."

"The way to win is never to fight, or to fight so very carefully that you win without fighting."

"Every leader is a leader of followers. Every general leads soldiers. If you cannot keep them alive, you are not a general."

"Wars are not won by weapons. They're won by the side that understands the other side better."

"The most important thing in the world is to have a person to love and be loved by."

"I think the answer is that we haven't evolved very far from the apes. We still think like pack animals, where the highest value is placed on our tribal loyalty. Civilization is just a thin veneer over our animal instincts."

"The isolation of command is absolute"