I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man who has remained ignorant of love.

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.

I already came upon the world as a extraordinary human being; to my parents' great horror, I was equipped with a clubfoot which, however, did not hamper my rapid progress.

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!

When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad.

Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, to succeed is a natural consequence of Cosmic Ordering.

Once you are clear with the process of input-output and its consequence, you become more careful with every choice and decisions with your life.

There's been another mass shooting by a crazy person, and liberals still refuse to consider institutionalizing the dangerously mentally ill.

The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you.

Along the western slopes of the Oregon Coastal Range . . . come look: the hysterical crashing of tributaries as they merge into the Wakonda Auga River . . .

I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.

Starvation, not sin, is the parent of modern crime.

Opportunities do not float like clouds in the sky. They're attached to people. If you're looking for an opportunity, you're really looking for a person.

As long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous and cruel.

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.