... a lively imagination can exercise itself most fully and creatively in conjuring up magnificent combinations.

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.

I already came upon the world as a extraordinary human being; to my parents' great horror, I was equipped with a clubfoot which, however, did not hamper my rapid progress.

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!

When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad.

Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns

The key to every human heart is love.

the unconscious is so seductive because mortality is alien to it

There are three things a man must do alone. Be born die and testify.

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.

The more you create authentic power, the more the characteristics of authentic power become yours, and the more meaning, purpose and joy enter your life.

Give, give, give-what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away?

Conventional nudes based on classical originals could bear no burden of thought or inner life without losing their formal completeness.

I love color and I love to dress like a woman.

But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.