It is better to follow out a plan consistently even if it isn't the best one than to play without a plan at all. The worst thing is to wander about aimlessly.

Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth.

Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess genius of all time!

You must not let your opponent know how you feel.

The placing of the centre pawns determines the "topography" of a game of chess.

Sit there for five hours? Certainly not! A player must walk about between moves, it helps his thinking.

When you have finished analyzing all the variations and gone along all the branches of the tree of analysis you must first of all write the move down on your score sheet, before you play it.

The rise of the Soviet school to the summit of world chess is a logical result of socialist cultural development.

I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer to which his opponent resigned at once!

Time trouble is blunder time.

In analysing complicated variations one must examine each branch of the tree once and once only.

I don't know if anyone can ever really explain why they believe in someone. But I do. I believe in you. I hope that's worth something.

Music is another planet.

The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech.

Now, she could't help but think he was just a big version of a jealous boy friend.

You do not HAVE to be angry just because you have the right to be angry.

Too often we forget that the great men of faith reached the heights they did only by going through the depths.

And I’m yours,” I tell him. “Forever and always and then some.

I made the contract with God years ago, that no matter what came through, I would say it, but if I ever hurt someone, I would stop.

Any young person who comes to see me, I say, 'Look, forget about print. You gotta think in terms of getting going with websites and online and that sort of thing.'

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.