My Reputation Has Grown Slowly.

It's A Mistake To Confuse Pity With Love.

Chess Teaches You To Control The Initial Excitement You Feel When You See Something That Looks Good And It Trains You To Think Objectively When You're In Trouble

You Sit At The Board And Suddenly Your Heart Leaps. Your Hand Trembles To Pick Up The Piece And Move It. But What Chess Teaches You Is That You Must Sit There Calmly And Think About Whether It's Really A Good Idea And Whether There Are Other, Better Ideas.

The Most Terrifying Fact About The Universe Not That It Is Hostile But That It Is Indifferent

Man Isn't A Noble Savage, He's An Ignoble Savage. He Is Irrational, Brutal, Weak, Silly, Unable To Be Objective About Anything Where His Own Interests Are Involved-that About Sums It Up. I'm Interested In The Brutal And Violent Nature Of Man Because It's A True Picture Of Him. And Any Attempt To Create Social Institutions On A False View Of The Nature Of Man Is Probably Doomed To Failure.