One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.

I already came upon the world as a extraordinary human being; to my parents' great horror, I was equipped with a clubfoot which, however, did not hamper my rapid progress.

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!

When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad.

Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns

....he has done nothing but prove to me that not only is he a good man, he’s a man madly in love with my daughter, and will do anything to protect her.

The master never seemed to have his fill of gazing at his firstborn child. "What do you want him to be when he grows up?" someone asked. "Outrageously happy," said the master.

I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything.

You never see anyone wearing a black turtleneck and leather jacket doing something nice.

You stand next to the sea and you're in touch with all your longings and all your losses.

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.

...as soon as the war was over, they had to justify what was done.

Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.

You have to have a patience for college.

Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.