Larry Evans famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

All true religion, all true morality, all true mysticism have but one object, and that is to act on humanity, collective and individual, in such a manner that it shall correspond efficiently with the great law of development, and co-operate consciously therewith to achieve the end of development.
The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of 'The Reasonable Man'.
How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.
The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government; the liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.
During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.
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.
Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.
If you're bumming out, you're not gonna get to the top, so as long as we're up here we might as well make a point of grooving. (Quoting Scott Fischer)
Robert Fischer is a law unto himself

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