"Chess cannot be taught. Chess can only be learned."

-- Mikhail Botvinnik

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“The modern sensibility attempts to drain the contents of experience; these Greek poets strive to state the fact so poignantly that it becomes an ever-flowing spring as Sappho says, "More real than real, more gold than gold.”
“The weekly cartoons, as were my plays, came from a sense of criticism, criticism of the times, critical of the culture, of our manners and attitudes towards each other. The children's books come from the reverse. They're more supportive, since we're living in a time where we talk more about kids and do less, we talk about balancing the budget and we do it by cutting education.”

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“Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.”
“For many, the regressive belief in superstitions and miracles is an escape from the hardships of life. Once trapped into irrationalism, they become more incapable of mastering reality. It is a vicious circle, like an addiction. They become vulnerable to exploitation by astrologers, godmen, dubious pseudo-psychologists, corrupt politicians and the whole mega-industry of irrationalism.”
“All really frank people are amusing, and would remain so if they could remember that other people may sometimes want to be frank and amusing too.”
“It is hardly possible to suspect another without having in one's self the seeds of baseness the party is accused of.”
“Difficult but worth it-- that's how my mother had once describe life with Omi.”
“He gets his courage from the can, it makes him feel like a man.”

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