Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.

Psychology is the most important factor in chess.

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.

You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.

A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess.

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.

I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.

Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.

You are worthy of your wildest dreams.

The world turns because Man is inspired to better himself

Helping others is a question of being genuine and projecting that genuineness to others. This way of being doesn't have to have a title or a name particularly. It is just being ultimately decent.

We had a bad court. Got a bad decision, had a court that's been overturned I may be wrong but I think it's 80% of the time.

Nixon was a professional politician, and I despised everything he stood for -- but if he were running for president this year against the evil Bush-Cheney gang, I would happily vote for him.

O God, split the heavens and come down! Manifest yourself somehow. Do what only you can do.

It costs an unreasonable woman no more to pass over one reason than another; they cherish themselves most where they are most wrong.

Humble yourself"--it is a humbling experience to knock at God's door--you have to knock with the crucified thief. "To him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

A man will work and slave in obscurity for ten years and then become famous in ten minutes.

A little rebellion is a good thing.