Playing without a concurrent critical review of one's skills will simply get you nowhere.

The key to ultimate succcess is the determination to progress day by day.

In Chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth

Once you are in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived... The amount of points that can be gained (and saved) by correct endgame play is enormous, yet often underestimated.

After a bad opening, there is hope for the middle game. After a bad middle game, there is hope for the endgame. But once you are in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived

Only play into a variation in which your opponent is strong if you have your own personal novelty ready!

Your practical results will improve when you play what you know, like and have confidence in.

One of the objectives of opening play is to try to surprise your opponent.

Unless a player has an 'understanding chess' rating of at least 2400, the amount of significant knowledge that he can impart on others is limited.

You must be able to handle a variety of move orders during the first 5-6 moves - otherwise you'll find yourself 'tricked' time and time again.

Even when the time control has been reached, there is one situation where you want to act as if it has not: when your position is absolutely lost.

Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.

The spirit of divinity is the spirit of being.

Writing does not cause misery, it is born of misery.

You get so tired of having your work die. I just wanted to make something that people would actually use.

A fool, for example, thinks Shakespeare a great poet . . . yet the fool has never read Shakespeare.

It's good to work for someone else. Because then you appreciate it more when you are an entrepreneur.

...in every man there is an eye of the soul, which...is more precious far than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth seen.

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall.

And we didn't have cell phones. If you made plans to meet someone in a snow storm, and they didn't show up, you just had to assume they were devoured by wolves and go on with your life.

I have spent a lot of time searching through the Bible for loopholes.