Dawid Janowski quotes

  • Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.

  • Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

  • The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move.

  • Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.

  • Attack! Always Attack!

  • The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.

  • Chess will always be the master of us all.

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

  • This is what the Sabbath should feel like. A pause. Not just a minor pause, but a major pause. Not just lowering the volume, but a muting. As the famous rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel put it, the Sabbath is a sanctuary in time.

  • Why to mute fish should'st thou thyself discoverAnd not to me, thy no less silent lover?