I believe that happiness can be found. If I thought otherwise, I should be silent and not make unhappiness the more bitter by discussing it.

The paths by which people journey toward happiness lie in part through the world about them and in part through the experience of their own soul.

What chance combination of shadow and sound and his own thoughts had created it?

It bears mentioning that the Milky Way is only one of 150 billion galaxies visible to our telescopes - and each of these will have its own complement of planets.

We're born first humans then after they stamp our passport.

If more than 10% of the people like a painting, you can be sure it's bad.

To understand is to possess the thing understood, first by sympathy and then by intelligence.

To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.

Tal's combinations often exert a sort of paralysing influence on the opponent's play. It would seem that the element of surprise plays a big part in this.

The only bad ideas are the ones never tried.

Strain your brain more than your eye.