I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca!

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

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

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.

the worst thing about being lied to is knowing you weren't worth the truth.

Is then thy knowledge of no value, unless another know that thou possessest that knowledge?

What makes me mad is arrogance, pretension, putting on airs.

Nothing is going to change, unless someone does something soon

He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession.

The pamphlet uses my name, my likeness, my 'shtick' (if you will), and my very act, which is derived from my personality, to attract attention and converts.

Effective leaders sacrifice much that is good in order to dedicate themselves to what is best

I like to move around in the landscape between poetry and prose, between the lyrical and the narrative.

The lesson of Good Friday is to never lose hope — or at least give it 48 hours.