Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life
It's a great shame that the world was organized with two sexes. It makes for a lot of trouble.
Resisted temptations become lost opportunities.
Riches make cowards of us.
Character is the best security.
All wars are crusades, or we're made to feel they are. That's just what's so wicked about them. We're made to feel - not think - and people can't think when they feel.
The martial spirit is never dead. It sleeps through fortunate generations, but it wakes up very quickly to the toot of a fife. There's that roistering spirit in men which leads them to think a good fight is a lark - until they've been in one. And the impulse to fight for your own incarnation of an ideal.
Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make your timid.
A lot of reality shows tend to harp on the negative. The person isn't pretty enough or can't sing well enough or maybe isn't even funny enough.
Leadership is all about unlocking the potential in others
A fictional, but all too real, look at extremist militias in the United States and the extent to which some of them go to carry out their 'missions'.