I've never really had much of an imagination. But still I would try to picture the exact moment when the beating of my heart would no longer be going on inside my head.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?

The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for.

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.

When you reach a calm and quiet meditative state, that is when you can hear the sound of silence.

I was grateful to Ben the way you are grateful to someone who is unexpectedly kind.

The respect of a man of great honor is unshakeable. He stands a big chance of being remembered and honored by many generations to come.

It feels real good to look at some of the guys who have played before me, then come in and break a record. But records are made to be broken.

Perhaps we've invented conspiracies for our own psychic well-being, to heal ourselves.

Visiting my mind is like visiting the Hermès factory. Sh*t is real.

No meditation, no life. Know meditation, know life.

We want more women players to take up chess. There are few participants at the national level and hope it will grow.