Jeremy Silman famous quotes

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  • Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.

  • A morbid propensity that causes great suffering in domestic life is often curiously infectious to the very person for whom it creates most suffering.

  • Ecology more important than saving animals from slavery??? Humans suffer the raping of the earth but animals suffer DOUBLY: the raping of the earth PLUS their own raping by humans. They are innocent/they are not the ones who raped the earth/they enrich it for us all from the tiniest microscopic beings to the largest ones.

  • The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering.

  • Chess is not only knowledge and logic

  • Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.

  • 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.

  • Combination is a soul of chess.

  • You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.

  • During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk