"It is annoying that the rules of chess do not allow a pawn to take either horizontally or backwards, but only forwards ... This psychological tuning is ideal for attacking purposes, but what about for defence?"

-- David Bronstein

#Purpose Quotes #Tuning Quotes #Chess Quotes

“Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.”

Source : "Character: Whitney Young". "Independent Lens ", TV Series (1999– ). "The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights", www.imdb.com. 2013.
“Holiness is nothing else but the habitual and predominant devotion and dedication of soul, and body, and life, and all that we have to God; and esteeming, and loving, and serving, and seeking Him, before all the pleasures and prosperity of the flesh.”

Source : Richard Baxter, William Orme (1830). “The practical works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: with a life of the author, and a critical examination of his writings”, p.19
“Slander is the solace of malignity.”
“Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour?”
“A mistaken thought may be corrected easily, but an errant affection is nearly unmanageable.”
“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. You receive from the world what you give to the world.”

Source : FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from May 14, 2012
“If everyone there just lived their lives and let others do the same, God would be in every moment, in every grain of mustard, in the fragment of cloud that is there and then gone the following moment. God was there and yet people believed they still had to go on looking, because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith.”
“People who claim to be Christians while their lives look no different from the rest of the world are clearly not Christians”

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