Show me three variations in the leading handbook on the openings, and I will show you two of those three that are defective.

When you see a good move, look for a better one.

Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized.

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.

The hardest game to win is a won game

Without error there can be no brilliancy

I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake.

By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.

The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.

The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind

I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed

No medicine cures what happiness cannot.

Haunted trees covered behind the curtains of their own leaves stare at the dark from the fringe of streets.

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, Blessed are they that morn.

In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends.

[Ted Cruz] lies about things that he shouldn't be lying about. He lies about things that don't matter.

Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths?

Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it.

The key to life is imagination.

This forms the nub of a dilemna that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you're too driven you're likely to die.

He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington