Soaring Dreams by Maya Anthony
This poem is about the metaphorical flight of dreams and ambitions. It's a celebration of the human spirit's ability to rise above challenges and aim for the stars.
In the realm of dreams, I take my flight,
Through starry skies, in the quiet night.
Each dream a wing, each hope a feather,
In my aspirations, I'm untethered.
Over obstacles, past doubts so high,
In the world of dreams, I effortlessly fly.
Above the clouds of fear and plight,
In my dreams, I find the light.
Landing on the grounds of reality,
With dreams in heart, I face my destiny.
In my soaring dreams, I find my might,
Guided by their endless flight.
Compiled by KingG, inflated by Fredthebear
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Dum spiro, spero
"The game might be divided into three parts: the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be equally efficient in the three parts." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth." ― Wilhelm Steinitz
"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose." ― Bette Davis
"Chess is a matter of vanity." ― Alexander Alekhine
"As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine." ― Levon Aronian
"Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy." ― Vassily Ivanchuk
"A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit." ― John Milton
"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe
"A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result." ― Alexander Morozevich
"No one man is superior to the game." ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling.
"To err is human; to forgive, divine." ― Alexander Pope
"I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost." ― Adolf Anderssen
"After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes"
― Howard Staunton
"I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed." ― Emanuel Lasker
"With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop." ― Mikhail Botvinnik
"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
"Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess." ― Adrian Rogers
"Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position." ― Anatoly Karpov
"The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him." ― Max Stirner
"It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." ― Richard Reti
"A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover." ― Savielly Tartakower
"Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes." ― Ajahn Brahm
"As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities." ― Alexander Alekhine
"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." ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
"The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move."
― David Bronstein
"If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself." ― Siegbert Tarrasch
"Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public." ― Agnes Repplier
"If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone." ― Boris Gelfand
"I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard."
― Vlastimil Hort
"It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!" ― Mikhail Tal
"Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?" ― Daniel J. King
"Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development." ― Alexey Suetin
"Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original." ― Mikhail Chigorin
"The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board." ― Efim Geller
"Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess." ― Vasily Smyslov
"No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics." ― Samuel Reshevsky
"Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous."
― Abdelkader El Djezairi
"Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence." ― Abigail Adams
"When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method." ― Garry Kasparov
"As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively." ― Mark Dvoretsky
"It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock." ― Viktor Korchnoi
"The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media." ― Alexei Shirov
"For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion."
― Viswanathan Anand
Ne kadar bilirsen bil, o kadar azdır.
"Any fool can know. The point is to understand." ― Albert Einstein
"One bad move nullifies forty good ones."
― Israel Albert Horowitz
"It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well." ― Aron Nimzowitsch
"My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors." ― Pola Negri
"Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate."
― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words." ― Alexander Koblencs
"A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games." ― Howard Staunton
"A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance." ― Paul Keres
"Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns."
― Benjamin Franklin
"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that." ― Boris Spassky
"Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation." ― Paul Morphy
"Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical." ― Ronald Graham
"Attackers may sometimes regret bad movez, but it's much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by." ― Garry Kasparov
"You cannot play at chess if you are kind-hearted." ― French Proverb
"The first principle of attack–Don't let the opponent develop!" ― Reuben Fine
"You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove you the better player." ― English Proverb
"For a period of ten years--between 1946 and 1956--Reshevsky was probably the best chessplayer in the world. I feel sure that had he played a match with Botvinnik during that time he would have won and been World Champion."
― Bobby Fischer
"I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands." ― Alexander Alekhine
"We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chessplayer's nature." ― Rudolf Spielmann
"To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess." ― Mikhail Tal
"Boring? Who's boring? I am Fredthebear. My mind is always active, busy. If you're bored here, then go follow your sister around."
"Chess is a matter of vanity." ― Alexander Alekhine
"As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine." ― Levon Aronian
Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
"It's never too late to lose." ― GM Benjamin Finegold
"Get there firstest with the mostest." ― Nathan Bedford Forrest
"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances." ― Thomas Jefferson
"The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost." ― Viktor Korchnoi
"Faulty execution of a winning combination has lost many a game on the very brink of victory. In such cases, a player sees the winning idea, plays the winning sacrifice, and then inverts the order of their follow-up moves or misses the really clinching point of their combination." ― Fred Reinfeld
"In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber." ― Yuliya Snigir
"I believe that chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard."
― Vlastimil Hort
"It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!" ― Mikhail Tal
"Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?" ― Daniel J. King
"Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development." ― Alexey Suetin
"Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original." ― Mikhail Chigorin
"The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board." ― Efim Geller
"Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess." ― Vasily Smyslov
"No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics." ― Samuel Reshevsky
"Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous."
― Abdelkader El Djezairi
"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble."
— William Shakespeare, Macbeth
"There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine." — Tal
"Whatever you do, don't fall asleep."
— Nancy Thomas, "Nightmare on Elm Street"
"Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are." — Will Ferrell
"It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common." — Magnus Carlsen
Ne kadar bilirsen bil, o kadar azdır.
"Any fool can know. The point is to understand." ― Albert Einstein
"To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches." ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
"With great space comes great responsibility. If you push pawns you have to be sure you can back them up. That takes a lot of calculation."
― GM David Howell, Chess.com analyst
"One bad move nullifies forty good ones." ― Israel Albert Horowitz
"Customers don't expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong." — Donald Porter
"It is so much easier to be nice, to be respectful, to put yourself in your customer's' shoes and try to understand how you might help them before they ask for help, than it is to try to mend a broken customer relationship."
— Mark Cuban
"Only once customer service has become habitual will a company realize its true potential." — Than Merrill
"Customers don't care about your policies. Find and engage the need. Tell the customer what you can do." — Alice Sesay Pope
Collection assembled by Fredthebear, vandalized by the underhanded CGs operator like so many other collections.
* A Brief History of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeB...
* A Brief History of the Game of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2a...
* Chess for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU6...
* Learn Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adY...
* Learn Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGu...
* Learn ALL the Rules of the Royal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej_...
* Ladder Checkmate with Two Rooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQ...
* Checkmate with King and Rook vs lone King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yf...
* Checkmate with Two Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN7...
* Colle System: Game Collection: The Colle System: Koltanowski, Phoenix, Zukertor
* Colle book Introduction: Game Collection: Games from "The Ultimate Colle" by Gary Lane
* Copy the Colle 5.c3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3N...
* Club 1.d4 Nf6 2...e6 3...as you please. Symmetrical English ...c5, Qc7, a6, form a hut/small center. Much the same w/the QGA dxc4 and cxd4: D Kryakvin vs Evgeni Kuligin, 2008
* Chess Equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLA...
* Chess Step-by-Step: https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-...
* Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate...
* Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...
* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R
* Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black
* Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256...
* Robert Fischer's Best Games by KingG (127 games, a ton of quotes):
Game Collection: Robert Fischer's Best Games
* Bobby Fischer Rediscovered/Andrew Soltis (97 games):
Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis)
* 1992: Game Collection: Spassky-Fischer Match 1992
* Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category...
* King's English: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...
* Reti/English 0-1: Game Collection: Reti/English systems: Black's viewpoint
* Bg2 vs Bg7 English: Game Collection: Inglesa 3
* Aggressive Gambits: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...
* Gambits & stuff: https://gambitchessplayer.com/page/3/
* More Gs: https://saintlouischessclub.org/blo...
* Snipe Hunting: https://temposchlucker.blogspot.com...
* Common Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI1...
* Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES
* Malaguena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD...
* Nimzowitsch Defense: https://www.chessable.com/blog/nimz...
* Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga...
* The Opposition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52y...
* King and Pawn vs King (both kings want to be in front of the pawn to affect its progress): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvB...
* Overworked! Game Collection: Overworked Piece
* 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c...
* 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655...
* 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5...
* 30 Concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amr...
* 50 Games to Know: https://en.chessbase.com/post/50-ga...
* Champion miniatures: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions
* CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns:
Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns
* Bill Wall should have been on beer commercials crushing empty beer cans with his bare hands:
Bill Wall
"Why don't you play checkers with Bill anymore?"
"Would you play with a person who cheats and moves his men around when you are not looking?"
"No."
"Well, neither would Bill."
* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86
* Candidates 2014: World Championship Candidates (2014)
* Carlsen's Minis: Game Collection: Carlsen's winning miniatures
* Defend Your Pieces, Kids! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-...
* A great decade of chess: Game Collection: Mil y Una Partidas 1950-1959
* Expanded Edition:
Game Collection: 125 Greatest Chess Games
* Feeling Punny? Don't tell Fredthebear. Use the Submission Page: Pun Submission Page
* Find Forcing Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHO...
* French-Dutch-Bird: Game Collection: Opening repertoire key games
* Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c...
* Gambits by ECO code: https://www.jimmyvermeer.com/openin...
* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar...
* Good Historical Links:
https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in...
* Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv...
* h-file attacks: Game Collection: h-file Attacks, some Greek Gifts by Fredthebear
* How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm...
* Imagination: Game Collection: Imagination in Chess
* Immortal Games: Game Collection: Immortal games
* Jackpot History: https://www.megamillions.com/About/...
* Surprise Knockouts: Game Collection: quick knockouts of greats
* Collection assembled by Fredthebear, vandalized by CGs.
* Jupiter, Pluto, or Mars? https://www.urduchess.com/chess-gra...
* Move-by-Move book: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)
* This MC collection is better than mine: Game Collection: The Carlsen Chronicles Part I - Wonderboy
* Eat like a champion: https://tartajubow.blogspot.com/201...
* 2013 WCC: Game Collection: Anand-Carlsen WC November 2013
* Today's Titans: search "Sergey Karjakin vs Magnus Carlsen"
* FIDE Laws of Chess (2018): https://www.schachschiri.de/fide_18...
* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz):
Game Collection: Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz)
https://archive.org/details/the-gol...
* GM Endgames: Game Collection: Grandmaster Preparation - Endgame Play
* Hotel: https://www.chesshotel.com/
* How to catch a Spanish Rabbit: https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esp...
* ICC: https://www.chessclub.com/
* Use your King: Game Collection: ABC Games for Lessons
* Lasker's Manual: Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker)
* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)
* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III)
* Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017
* Nunn's Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC
* Occupy the Open File: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_w...
* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!
* Opening Explorer: Opening Explorer
* Become a Predator at the Chessboard: https://www.chesstactics.org/
* Common Phrases and Terms: https://www.ragchess.com/chess-basi...
* Play: https://poki.com/en/chess?msockid=2...
* POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023
* Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l...
* Petrosian's Best: Game Collection: P.H.Clarke: Petrosian's Best games
* Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/
* Results: https://chess-results.com/TurnierSu...
* Queen vs Rook Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJn...
* Simple EG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejj...
* Solitaire: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz
* Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners
* Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm
* Top Games by Year: Wikipedia article: List of chess games
* Terminology: https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch...
* Triangulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH3...
* Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU...
* When to Trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGa...
* Winning 1.d4: Game Collection: Winning with 1 d4!
* 1.d4 Response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ-...
* UK: https://chesscircuit.substack.com/
* Use your king in the endgame! Game Collection: King Power In The Endgame
* Zwischenzug! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-q...
* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/
WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today.
There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry
There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
"Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands." ― Renaud & Kahn
"Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem."
― Saudin Robovic
"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe
"Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game."
― Being Caballero
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."
— Ernest Hemingway
"If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." — Garry Kasparov
"You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." — Dale Earnhardt
"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous." ― Albert Einstein
"In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate." ― Isaac Asimov
"The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens." ― Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President
Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633
Settlers from Plymouth Colony built the first trading house in Windsor in 1633 on an expanse of land they bought from Native Americans who were living there.
Windsor was Connecticut's first English settlement, with a perfect location on the water. Today, the city uses its "first town" status to create a historical atmosphere ideal for tourism.
* Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-...
* Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch...
* Three Simple Chess Tips: https://www.premierchesscoaching.co...
The Kings of Chess: A History of Chess, Traced Through the Lives of Its Greatest Players by William Hartston
William Hartson traces the development of the game from its Oriental origins to the present day through the lives of its greatest exponents - men like Howard Staunton, who transformed what had been a genteel pastime into a competitive science; the brilliant American Paul Morphy, who once played a dozen simultaneous games blindfold; the arrogant and certified insane Wilhelm Steinitz; the philosopher and mathematician Emanual Lasker; Bobby Fischer, perhaps the most brilliant and eccentric of them all; and many other highly gifted individuals. Hartson depicts all their colorful variety with a wealth of rare illustrations.
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 006015358X
ISBN13: 9780060153588
Release Date: January 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Length: 192 Pages
Weight: 1.80 lbs.
<<<<The Man In The Glass >
Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr. >
When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn't your father, or mother, or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass.
He's the fellow to please – never mind all the rest
For he's with you, clear to the end
And you've passed your most difficult, dangerous test
If the man in the glass is your friend.
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass
But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you've cheated the man in the glass.>
This poem was first published in 1934 and is still very popular today.>
I have a fear of speed bumps. But I am slowly getting over it.
* Riddle-e-dee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid...
I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger, then it hit me.
Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского
Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava)
Translation: He who doesn't take risks doesn't drink champagne
Meaning: Fortune favours the brave
"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this."
- Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...
"I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind."
— Mikhail Tal
Riddle Question: With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
"May your jib never luff"
Riddle Answer: A stapler
"Ponder and deliberate before you make a move." — Sun Tzu
"Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Old habits die hard, especially for soldiers."
― Jocelyn Murray, The Roman General: A Novel
"To avoid mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess."
— Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky
"Chess is the finest mental exercise. It develops concentration and logical reasoning; and it is one of the few games in which you cannot rectify a mistake. If you make a mistake, you lose, unless your opponent makes a worse mistake." — José Raúl Capablanca
"Few things are as psychologically brutal as chess." — Garry Kasparov
"Inclined to simplicity, I always play carefully and try to avoid unnecessary risks. I consider my method to be right as any superfluous "daring" runs counter to the essential character of chess, which is not a gamble but a purely intellectual combat conducted in accordance with the exact rules of logic." — Capablanca
"Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against his will, whose notion of Beauty always differs from yours and whose means (strength, imagination, technique) are often too limited to help you effectively! What torment, to have your thinking and your fantasy tied down by another person!" — Alexander Alekhine
"Independence of thought is a (most) valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game." — David Bronstein
"I claim that nothing else is so effective in encouraging the growth of chess strength as such independent analysis, both of the games of the great players and your own." — Mikhail Botvinnik
"Analysis is a glittering opportunity for training: it is just here that capacity for work, perseverance and stamina are cultivated, and these qualities are, in truth, as necessary to a chess player as a marathon runner." — Lev Polugaevsky
"Your body has to be in top condition. Your chess deteriorates as your body does. You can't separate body from mind." — Bobby Fischer
"I spend around one hour per day on physical exercise. Exercise is a must for every chess player. As the proverb says, 'A sound mind in a sound body.' "
— Humpy Koneru
"Your practical results will improve when you play what you know, like and have confidence in." — Edmar Mednis
"Pawns: they are the soul of this game, they alone form the attack and defense." — François-André Danican Philidor
"The most important feature of the chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening, Middlegame and especially Endgame. The primary constraint on a piece's activity is the Pawn structure." — Michael Stean
"The first principle of attack - Don't let the enemy develop!" — Rueben Fine
"...only the player with the initiative has the right to attack." — William Steinitz
"Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not pawns." — Siegbert Tarrasch
"Do you realize Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents." — Yuri Balashov
"Any material change in a position must come about by mate, a capture, or a Pawn promotion." – C.J.S. Purdy (Thus, search for a mate-in-two, a beneficial capture, or the creation of a passed pawn that can be protected, pushed.)
"A Threat is more powerful than its execution." — Savielly Tartakower or Aron Nimzowitsch?
"A chess game is a dialogue, a conversation between a player and his opponent. Each move by the opponent may contain threats or be a blunder, but a player cannot defend against threats or take advantage of blunders if he does not first ask himself: What is my opponent planning after each move?" — Bruce A. Moon
"Examine moves that smite! A good eye for smites is far more important than a knowledge of strategical principles." — C.J.S. Purdy
"Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to." — Bobby Fischer
"The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind." — Emanuel Lasker
"Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of chess. The masters look for them, the public applauds them, the critics praise them. It is because combinations are possible that chess is more than a lifeless mathematical exercise. They are the poetry of the game; they are to chess what melody is to music. They represent the triumph of mind over matter."
— Rueben Fine
"It has been stated that a characteristic mark of a combination is surprise; surprise for the defender, not for the assailant, since otherwise the combination will probably be unsound." — Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky
"The pleasure to be derived from a chess combination lie in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating the inanimate pieces ... and giving them breath of life." — Richard Reti
"According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games."
— Pal Benko
"… in chess – as in any conflict – success lies in the attack." — Max Euwe
"A player surprised is half beaten." — Chess Proverb
"What would chess be without silly mistakes?" — Kurt Richter
"You need not play well - just help your opponent to play badly."
— Genrikh Chepukaitis
"The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, otherwise the player with the better position runs the risk of losing it."
— Wilhelm Steinitz
"It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan." — Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky
"A bad plan is better than none at all." — Frank J. Marshall
"It is better to follow out a plan consistently even if it isn't the best one than to play without a plan at all. The worst thing is to wander about aimlessly."
— Alexander Kotov
"In almost any position the boundless possibilities of chess enable a new or at least a little-studied continuation to be found." — Tigran Petrosian
"Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan." — Alexander Alekhine
"No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics." — Samuel Reshevsky
"Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation." — Max Euwe
"Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." — Sun Tzu
"Strategically important points should be overprotected. If the pieces are so engaged, they get their regard in the fact that they will then find themselves well posted in every respect." — Aaron Nimzowitsch
"The best form of defense is attack." — Karl von Clausewitz
"It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively." — Anatoly Karpov
"Nothing so easily ruins a position as pawn moves." — Siegbert Tarrasch
"To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game."
— Savielly Tartakover
"Once we have chosen the right formation in the centre we have created opportunities for our pieces and laid the foundation of subsequent victory."
— Alexander Kotov
"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!" — Siegbert Tarrasch
"He who has a slight disadvantage plays more attentively, inventively and more boldly than his antagonist who either takes it easy or aspires after too much. Thus a slight disadvantage is very frequently seen to convert into a good, solid advantage." — Emanuel Lasker
"You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances." — Bobby Fischer
"Later, ... I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent." — Mikhail Tal
"In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent."
— Vasily Smyslov
"The older I grow, the more I value pawns." — Paul Keres
"One charming characteristic of many flank attacks I could mention is that they do not very often lead to simplification: if the attack is parried, there usually are still opportunities left for initiating action in another sector." — Bent Larsen
"… the old aphorism holds good, that after the attack has been repulsed, the counterattack is generally decisive." — Richard Reti
"Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history have been the quiet positional players. They slowly grind you down by taking away your space, tying up your pieces, and leaving you with virtually nothing to do!" — Yasser Seirawan
" … a 'quiet' move is the epitome of finesse. A soft answer turns away wrath, but its subdued quality makes it no less efficient." — Hans Kmoch
"If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position; instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for a draw."
— Jeremy Silman
"A passed pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes." — José Raúl Capablanca
"In the endgame, the most common errors, besides those resulting from ignorance of theory, are caused by either impatience, complacency, exhaustion, or all of the above." — Pal Benko
"The technical phase can be boring because there is little opportunity for creativity, for art. Boredom leads to complacency and mistakes."
— Garry Kasparov
"I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style." — Magnus Carlsen
"Chess is infinite, and one has to make only one ill-considered move, and one`s opponent`s wildest dreams will become reality." — David Bronstein
"People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have the courage of your convictions. If you think your move is good, make it." — Jose Capablanca
"Winning is not a secret that belongs to a very few, winning is something that we can learn by studying ourselves, studying the environment and making ourselves ready for any challenge that is in front of us." — Garry Kasparov
"No one ever won a game by resigning." — Savielly Tartakower
"Winning isn't everything... but losing is nothing."
— Edmar Mednis, on the importance of fighting for a draw
"All obvious moves look dubious in analysis after the game." — Viktor Korchnoi
"It is hardly useful if you trustingly play through variation after variation from a book. It is a great deal more useful and more interesting if you take part actively in the analysis, find something yourself, and try to refute some of the author's conclusions." — Mark Dvoretsky
"The key to ultimate success is the determination to progress day by day."
— Edmar Mednis
Oscar Chajes (pronounced "HA-yes") (December 14, 1873 – February 28, 1928) was an American chess player. Chajes was Jewish and was born in Brody, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, in what is now Ukraine. Chajes was the last person to defeat José Raúl Capablanca, at New York 1916, prior to Capablanca's eight-year undefeated stretch from 1916 to 1924.
Mar-07-13 Abdel Irada: In case anyone wonders who Kermit Norris is/was, he's an expert in Santa Cruz against whom I used to play a great deal of blitz.
His specialty, when a particularly complex position arose (especially in his pet Owen's Defense), was to lean forward, fix his opponent with a scowl and a withering stare, and say, in a deep and solemn tone, "Chicken parts!"
"Here's to being in a boat with a drink on the rocks rather than being in the drink with a boat on the rocks"
Riddle Question: The one who has it does not keep it. It is large and small. It is any shape. What is it?
Bears like 'em too.
Riddle Answer: A gift.
This poem is dedicated to all female chessplayers on Caissa's Web.
Sweet Caissa
Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.
"Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy."
― Norman Vincent Peale
"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education."
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I'm perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir." — John Durham
110 pounds of ketamine found in traveler's baggage at Detroit Airport
CBS News
GABRIELLE DAWSON, ALIZA CHASAN
December 21, 2023 at 5:42 PM
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
ROMULUS, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Officers found 110 pounds of ketamine in a traveler's baggage at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday.
The traveler, a citizen of the United Kingdom, arrived on a flight from France on Dec. 13, authorities said. He was selected for a second inspection.
Officers performed an X-ray scan and physical search of the man's two large suitcases, which he claimed were given to him by a family member, customs officials said. The search revealed plastic bags filled with large white crystals, which according to field tests, were ketamine.
At $90 per gram, the ketamine has a street value of over $4 million, authorities said.
Customs and Border Protection officers seized the ketamine. Under federal law, the agency is required to destroy most seized drugs and retain samples as evidence for criminal prosecutions. Officers didn't let the traveler enter and he was returned to France, according to a news release.
The amount of ketamine seized by law enforcement has steadily increased over the past seven years according to research published in May 2023 in JAMA Psychiatry. From 2017 to 2022, the research found the number of law enforcement seizures increased from 55 to 247 – more than 300% – with most activity reported in Tennessee, Florida, and California.
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, most of the ketamine illegally distributed in the U.S. has been diverted or stolen from legitimate sources, including veterinary clinics, or smuggled into the country from Mexico.
Ketamine, a Schedule III controlled substance, has been approved by the FDA as an anesthetic since the 1970s. It is accepted for medical use, but the drug — which has been abused for its hallucinogenic effects — is known for its use in nightclub and party culture. A ketamine overdose can cause unconsciousness and dangerously slowed breathing, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency has warned.
"Friends" actor Matthew Perry died in October from the acute effects of ketamine, according to the results of an autopsy released earlier this month by the Los Angeles County medical examiner. Before his death, Perry received ketamine infusion therapy for depression and anxiety, the autopsy report said.
Perry's last treatment was a week and a half before his death. Based on the levels of ketamine in his blood, the coroner determined that his cause of death was not from his prior infusion therapy, but rather from ketamine taken in some other manner. Ketamine is usually metabolized in a matter of hours.
<Below is a Morphy acrostic by C.V. Grinfield from page 334 of the Chess Player's Chronicle, 1861:
Mightiest of masters of the chequer'd board,
Of early genius high its boasted lord!
Rising in youth's bright morn to loftiest fame,
Princeliest of players held with one acclaim;
Host in thyself – all-conquering in fight: –Yankees exult! – in your great champion's might.>
Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you're not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there's no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section.
Acts 20:35 "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
The Dancing Bear
by James Russell Lowell
Far over Elf-land poets stretch their sway,
And win their dearest crowns beyond the goal
Of their own conscious purpose; they control
With gossamer threads wide-flown our fancy's play,
And so our action. On my walk to-day,
A wallowing bear begged clumsily his toll,
When straight a vision rose of Atta Troll,
And scenes ideal witched mine eyes away.
'Merci, Mossieu!' the astonished bear-ward cried,
Grateful for thrice his hope to me, the slave
Of partial memory, seeing at his side
A bear immortal. The glad dole I gave
Was none of mine; poor Heine o'er the wide
Atlantic welter stretched it from his grave.
Q: What do you call a magician on a plane?
A: A flying sorcerer.
Q: What do you call fruit playing the guitar?
A: A jam session.
Q: What do you call the shoes that all spies wear?
A: Sneakers.
<"Greetings, students. Today you will learn to transform a king into a rook. Which of course means you will transform a chess piece into a noble relative of crows and ravens. Today's lesson is no joke, but I will not mark you down for appreciating my wordplay. Watch closely as I demonstrate..."
— Professor McGonagall teaching King to Rook to seventh-yearssrcA rook is a bird related to crows and ravens.
History
During the 1990–1991 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Minerva McGonagall taught her seventh-year students in Transfiguration how to transform king chess pieces into rooks with the King to Rook spell.>
The Rook Cancelled: https://tvline.com/news/the-rook-ca...
H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year's world championship match:
Bravo ‘Bogol', you've shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you'd barged between
Other players who'd have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol', you went in
Believing you'd a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.
Don't trust the smile of your opponent. ~ Babylonian Proverbs
Trust me, but look to thyself. ~ Irish Proverbs
Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
Don't trust your wife until she has borne you ten sons. ~ Chinese Proverb
If someone puts their trust in you, don't sever it. ~ Lebanese Proverb
Trust your best friend as you would your worst enemy. ~ Mexican Proverbs
"The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Jose Capablanca." — Irving Chernev
"I believe that it is best to know a 'dubious' opening really well, rather than a 'good' opening only slightly." ― Simon Williams
"There is no such thing as an absolutely freeing move. A freeing move in a position in which development has not been carried far always proves illusory, and vice versa, a move which does not come at all in the category of freeing moves can, given a surplus of tempi to our credit, lead to a very free game."
― Aron Nimzowitsch
"A good player is always lucky." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.
The Blossom
by William Blake
Merry, merry sparrow!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Sees you, swift as arrow,
Seek your cradle narrow,
Near my bosom.
Pretty, pretty robin!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, pretty robin,
Near my bosom.
"Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy."
― Norman Vincent Peale
"If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out." ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti
"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education."
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I'm perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir." — John Durham
<Steinitz's Theory
1. At the beginning of the game, Black and White are equal.2. The game will stay equal with correct play on both sides.
3. You can only win by your opponent's mistake.
4. Any attack launched in an equal position will not succeed, and the attacker will suffer.
5. You should not attack until an advantage is obtained.
6. When equal, do not seek to attack, but instead, try to secure an advantage.
7. Once you have an advantage, attack or you will lose it.>
"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world."
― Pierre Mac Orlan
"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer
Switch your pawn insurance to Promotion and you could save hundreds.
"In chess, as in life, the best moves are often the ones you don't play."
― Savielly Tartakower
"A wise man will know what game to play to-day, and play it. We must not be governed by rigid rules, as by the almanac, but let the season rule us. The moods and thoughts of man are revolving just as steadily and incessantly as nature's. Nothing must be postponed. Take time by the forelock. Now or never! You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this, or the like of this. Where the good husbandman is, there is the good soil. Take any other course, and life will be a succession of regrets. Let us see vessels sailing prosperously before the wind, and not simply stranded barks. There is no world for the penitent and regretful." — Henry David Thoreau
"If you open it, close it. If you turn it on, turn it off. If you take it out, put it back. If you empty it, fill it. If you fill it, empty it." — Kathryn Malter, St. Paul, MN
* Dec-12-20 MissScarlett: My advice to <acapo> is to close the pop-up ads by clicking on the little <x> in the top right corner.
<"From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."
― William Shakespeare, Henry V>
"They made us many promises, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land -- and they did." — Chief Red Cloud, Oglala-Lakota Sioux, 1822-1909.
"There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better."
― Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.
Patience is a virtue.
Dec-26-23 hemy: I sent email messages to <jessicafischerqueen> and <Tabanus>. I was contacted by email to both of them for many years. Responses from the mail servers were:
"Sorry, your message to <her email address> cannot be delivered. This mailbox is disabled" and "Recipient address rejected: Access denied".
Credits for Robert Bergersen aka <Tabanus>, include his picture, for his contribution to "Lithuanian chess history" project, you can find on page 45 of this project. He also mentioned on page 141 (with one more picture), pages 166, 1315, 1383-1386, 1823, 2807 and 3423.
"Make peace with imperfection." ― Richard Carlson
Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'
* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/w2JcfP5K
* Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century
The Sofia Rules forbid agreed draws before 30 moves. The "Bilbao" scoring system awards 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.
"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose." ― Indira Gandhi
Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
"To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment." — Richard Carlson
* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-...
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote"
Old Russian Proverb: "The elbow is close but you cannot bite it. (Близок локоток, да не укусишь.)" Close is no cigar.
Ya might be ah redneck if'n ya thunk "lol" means low on liquor.
"If you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes."
"Here's a two-step formula for handling stress...
Step number one: Don't sweat the small stuff.
Step number two: Remember it's all small stuff."
― Tony Robbins
Q: What do you call the lights on Noah's Ark?
A: Flood lights.
Q: What do you call a snobby criminal walking down the steps?
A: A condescending con descending!
Q: What do you call a dollar frozen in a block of ice?
A: Cold hard cash.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
"Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." — Charles F. Stanley
"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?" — Queen Elizabeth II
"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess."
― Siegbert Tarrasch
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ― Howard Thurman
'A stitch in time saves nine'
"You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds."
Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet."
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Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'
HUMPTY DUMPTY
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses
And all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty
Together again.
Q: What is money called in space?
A: Star bucks.
Q: Where do the stars go to get their milk?
A: The Milky Way.
Q: Why didn't the Dog Star laugh at the joke?
A: It was too Sirius.
Mercury Hg 80 200.59 1.9