A chess player never has a heart attack in a good position.

Chess is a beautiful mistress.

A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!

Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won.

I often play a move I know how to refute.

I don't care very much for miniatures. I don't try to beat my opponents quickly because if they are strong, I think I should respect them. It is too risky to play sharply to beat them in 20 moves.

A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast, of course, to the fear-and-laziness draws.

The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not harmed me too much.

The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master

In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed.

I was the kind to endure. No one had said you couldn’t become a better person through endurance.

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.

Faith is a practical attitude of the will.

I'm a fatheaded guy, full of pain. It tore me up not having you.

We're not a product of time. We are a product of eternity.

We may learn anew what compassion and beauty are, and pause to listen to the Earth's music.

Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters.

I think we need to take a look at the technology, but not depend on it for things that require humanity.

Every thought, emotion, and action is a statement about who we are, and who we are becoming. Why not make this statement 'On Purpose'?

Humankind cannot stand reality.