My new favorite book

"Athletic Development of the Dressage Horse: Manege Patterns" by Charles de Kunffy
The first five chapters are definite must reads for anyone who rides. I just got to Chapter 6, which also has lots of useful tips, but is starting to be the patterns.
I was reading it at the gym just after my lesson today, and I was like "That's it! That's us! That's brilliant!" over and over.
For example:
"The pleasure in riding should be found in seeking, not finding, perfection. For all wise equestrians have known that our ideals are not fully attainable, only approachable. Horsemanship is an art not suitable to those who wish to 'arrive.' It is, rather, an art in which the process of creating is fulfilling."
"The diagnostic process emanates primarily from the horse. He 'tells on his rider' and reveals all about his current condition. This is why during competition the judge uses only the horse's activities as guidelines for evaluating his progress and 'pretends to ignore' the rider's destructive activities." (Destructive is a term-of-art de Kunffy uses as one of two ways the rider influences the horse. The other is harmonizing.)