As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.

Psychology is the most important factor in chess.

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.

You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.

A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess.

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.

Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.

I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.

Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!

The power of a corrupt government is located in the ignorance and indifference of its people - rjs

Revelation is a pastor’s letter to his floundering flock, an urgent telegram bearing a brilliant battle plan for a people at war.

You can eat alkaline foods until the cows come home, but if you're a miserable SOB, you're acidic.

Psychology of small things rules.

Avarice is as destitute of what it has as poverty is of what it has not.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.

There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.

Heavy thoughts bring on physical maladies; when the soul is oppressed so is the body.

When you have an idea, a classic entrepreneurial impulse is to hold the idea close to you and not tell people and that's almost always a mistake.