Bobby Fischer's current state of mind is indeed a tragedy. One of the worlds greatest Chess players - the pride and sorrow of American Chess

Regardless of Bobby's recent hate-filled rantings, which I abhor, he is nonetheless one of the greatest chessplayers of all time.

The greatest figures in history are never the ones who avoid failure, but those who march chin-up through countless failures, one after the next, until they come upon the occasional victory.

I have never counted on someone to take care of my emotions for me.

Wise men say, only fools rush in. Wise men are so slow.

Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim.

I felt guilty because I survived.

It's all so beautiful . . . the spring . . . and books and music and fires. . . . Why aren't they enough?

I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.

The one who is conscious (in Tao) can't speak. The one who can speak is not conscious (centered in Tao)

a steady diet of mass culture is a form of deprivation.

If all issues are personalized, we lose our capacity to entertain ideas, to generalize from our own or someone else's experiences, to think abstractly. We substitute sentimentality for thought.