We should praise, rather, the courage of the player who, relying only on his intuition, plunges into a brilliant combination of which the issue does not appear to him too clear.

The middlegame I repeat is chess itself, chess with all its possibilities, its attacks, defences, sacrifices, etc.

Haste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp.

It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan

Avoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess.

It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.

All conceptions in the game of chess have a geometrical basis.

... though combinations are without number, the number of ideas are limited.

Haste, the great enemy.

Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory.

A defeatist spirit must inevitably lead to disaster.

Love doesn’t make you a poet

When you learn to love unconditionally and deeply, you gain the power of love.

You ought to write grateful gratitude every day

Love is a helium-based emotion; Love always takes the high road.

Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.

And no one drank just one shot of tequila.

[The Germans] so easily confuse obstinacy with energy, and rudeness with firmness.

Love is brief: forgetting lasts so long.

Fifty years ago wealth was stored and transmitted physically through gold bars, stock certificates, bank notes, and coins.