I definitely miss the rush from wiping out an opponent.

Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to stop him

To see what they see, sit where they sit.

We don't really know how the game was invented, though there are suspicions. As soon as we discover the culprits, we'll let you know

I like to say that Bobby Fischer was the greatest player ever. But what made Fischer a genius was his ability to blend an American freshness and pragmatism with Russian ideas about strategy

Chess reflects the real world in miniature. Endeavor, struggle, success, and defeat - they are part of each game ever played.

The two most important forms of intelligence are the ability to read other people and the ability to understand oneself.

Darkness never lasts forever. Morning always comes with the lights of love to brighten our future.

My instinct told me that she didn't want me to understand. What she felt and lived with couldn't be shared or understood by anyone else.

The thing is that as you grow through life, the pursuit of art and the pursuit of new ideas, all these things keeps your mind elastic.

A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor.

I think we've done a pretty good job staying in touch with the American people. But at a certain point you can't help but lose some feel for what's on the ground because you're not on the ground.

Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work, a future.

The world glows all the time. All of the things that you have come to understand aren't. The greatest thinkers in the world see very little compared to the enlightened.

What the women do is become caretakers for the men. In those circumstances, I decided, and many others have, that there's a reality called women's space. There has to be a separate space for women.

Manners are the ornament of action.

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.