A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.
What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire.
There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.'
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.