"Chess first of all teaches you to be objective."

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Source : "The Soviet School of Chess". Book by Alexander Kotov, p. 42, 2001.

Alexander Alekhine

#Objectivity Quotes #Chess Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I think in the first place hearing the music inside of you is very soothing, very comforting. For me there always been, if you like, a spiritual connection between myself and music.”
“A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.”
“Through Plato, Aristotle came to believe in God; but Plato never attempted to prove His reality. Aristotle had to do so. Plato contemplated Him; Aristotle produced arguments to demonstrate Him. Plato never defined Him; but Aristotle thought God through logically, and concluded with entire satisfaction to himself that He was the Unmoved Mover.”
“Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.”
“It was only when the salt water of my tears ran into my cuts and made them sting that I discovered I was crying.”
“We are reaching the stage where the problems we must solve are going to become insoluble without computers. I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them.”
“You cannot separate art from life or spirituality. They are bound together in a single unit.”
“Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.”

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