The defensive power of a pinned piece is only imaginary

The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient

The threat is stronger than the execution.

The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.

First restrain, next blockade, lastly destroy.

Many men, many styles; what is chess style but the intangible expression of the will to win.

How can I lose to such an idiot?

In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors.

Do not always be thinking of attack! Moves that safeguard your position are often far more prudent.

The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard

Strategically important points should be overprotected. If the pieces are so engaged, they get their regard in the fact that they will then find themselves well posted in every respect.

The classics tell us that, in relationships, the one between teacher and student comes second only to the one between parent and child.

If only they could stay young & beautifull like most of them desire, then we would probably stay young too

Boredom ... causes us to neglect more duties than does interest.

I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to it and enjoy the humor and the fun in it.

You can never draw enough or read enough - reading about architecture, in other words.

Your only purpose is to be yourself, otherwise you deprive the universe of who you came here to be.

If your result needs a statistician then you should design a better experiment.

Maybe one of the qualities of being a great coach is being [a jerk]. There are quite a few of them around.

Beware the man who doesn't ask you any questions about yourself on your first date.

I've often thought that one of us is what we imagine, that each of us normalizes the terrible strangeness of inner life with a variety of convenient fictions.