I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed

When you see a good move, look for a better one.

Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized.

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.

The hardest game to win is a won game

Without error there can be no brilliancy

I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake.

By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.

The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.

The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long

Instead of selling to your customers, help them buy.

Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.

Familiarity breeds democracry.

As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men.

Faith in God, faith in man, faith in work: this is the short formula in which we may sum up the teachings of the founders of New England,--a creed ample enough for this life and the next.

I write very, very slowly, and for me, I have to summon all sorts of resources to make one of these pieces work.

All men are different. And should do everything possible to continue to be so.

All forced virtue is degrading in it effect.

Not actively surviving is passively dying.

I think many people, especially from other cultures, just don't understand the role hair plays in Black women's lives.