Every Chess master was once a beginner

The sign of a great Master is his ability to win a won game quickly and painlessly

If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the board, rooks will dominate the seventh rank, and pawns turn into queens.

On the chessboard, if nowhere else, justice does triumph.

Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal.

The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Capablanca.

The best initial move for white is 1. P-K4.

Chess is not for the timid.

Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom.

The universe has a body and soul and evolves through cosmic time. As microcosms of stardust, we do the same.

I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.

Once you embark on a road of imagination and creating, all bets are off. All preconceptions about what you must do, make, think, assume, and believe are yesterday’s news.

I have a Volvo S60R and its a pretty fast car, the R says it all.

You know Deets is like me - he's not one to quit on a garment just because it's got a little age - spoken by Augustus McCrae

Children always think they did something wrong when their parents disappear.

Every time I see a smiling person on earth, I feel the warmth of the Sun in the sky.

There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.

A lover's life lies in death. You shall not find a heart without losing the heart.