It is not in the still calm of life or the repose of a pacific station that great characters are formed. ... Great necessities call out great virtues.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.

My Dear Son... remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.

Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for

Great necessities call out great virtues.

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.

...I tell myself it does not matter what one reads--favorite authors, particular themes--as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.

My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently.

Les femmes et les hommes ne vivent pas sur le me" me plan. Women and men do not live according to the same design.

Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game.

We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us-that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.

Bin Laden’s death and the debate over torture.

I believe that we learn by practice.

I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.

I probably will have to become more political down the road when my playing days are done, because I'm going to have to have the support of others to grow my foundation.

Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.