Wilhelm Steinitz was the first man to appreciate the inherent logic behind the game of chess.

Chess is not something that drives people mad; it is something that keeps mad people sane.

Chess is a contributor to net human unhappiness, since the pleasure of victory is greatly exceeded by the pain of defeat.

What would it be like if I were free, not enslaved by my conditioning?

I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.

I can't lie... My face always gives me away. I'm also pathetically bad at poker!

Pain is essential. Often I cannot avoid it.Therefore all one can do is redeem it; and the only way to redeem it is through literature, art, poetry, music.

The full moon rises. The fog clings to the lowest branches of the spruce trees. The man steps out of the darkest corner of the forest and finds himself transformed into... A monkey? I think not.

Suppose we were to teach creationism. What would be the content of the teaching? Merely that a creator formed the universe and all species of life ready-made? Nothing more? No details?

I cheated a lot, because I just couldn't sit and do homework. I usually sat next to someone extremely smart.

Wherever she was, holy laughter was present to heal and redeem.

Holding unconventional opinions makes people feel they have strong characters.

What seems distinctively modern as a unit of thought, of art, of discourse is the fragment; and the quotation is one kind of fragment.