Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.

Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.

When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.

It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position

Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.

I go to bed at 4 a. m. Almost all chessplayers do.

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.

Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big aims, he should limit his rapidplay in favour of serious chess.

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this.

Chess is so deep, I simply feel lost.

He looked at me with the tired, ignorant, slightly stupid expression that is so common in people who aren't used to seeing the broader picture in small things.

Most politicians would love to lead politically blind people.

Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

The strength of the nation lies in the well-being of the common man.

The grief of childhood is terrible while it lasts, it is so abandoned and so all-possessing.

Two Polish men at Halloween with burned faces. What happened? They were bobbing for french fries.

The twin killers of success are impatience and greed.

But the big feature of human-level intelligence is not what it does when it is works but what it does when it's stuck.

All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose He has given them.