Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.

I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight.

I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves

I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.

I don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

All I want to do, ever, is play chess.

America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia...

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

Only God can break through the variegated walls of skin to capture the one and only hue of the heart. One Blood.

If you have nothing nice to say? Don't say nothing at all

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time

Equal rights for all special privileges for none.

Even the self-assured will raise their perceived self-efficacy if models teach them better ways of doing things.

I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.

Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful.

Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.

How old is she now?" he asked. "Hard to say. She was a tree for a while. Now she's immortal.

One does not always know how to express the sorrow of the soul. One does not always know how to silence the joy of the heart.