Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of haviong an evil thought during the game.

The theory of karma exists not to bring fear to your heart but to ensure you do not lose hope and give up at the first obstacle that hits your path.

The eye of a man is never satisfied with seeing.

You don't sit around looking for reasons to do the right thing

Liberty does not mean doing as you like, it means liking as you ought, and doing that.(From Slave)

I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it is not given our fallen nature to understand.

Soccer, metaphor for war, at times turns into real war.

We get brilliant results from average people managing brilliant processes - while our competitors get average or worse results from brilliant people managing broken processes

A man is never alone, not only because he is with himself and his own thoughts, but because he is with the Devil, who ever consorts with our solitude.

Stocks are the only thing that people are happy to buy when the price goes up.