The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces. — Howard Staunton Copy Share Image
In 1815, M. Charles Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of D-----. He was a man of seventy-five, and had occupied the bishopric of… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't doubt it,… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
Troubadours have always been more important and influential than theologians and bishops — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Everybody's talking about ministers, sinisters, banisters, and canisters, bishops, fishops, rabbis, and popeyes, bye-bye, bye-byes. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I think there are a number of bishops - and I put Cardinal Mahony in that category - who listen too much… — Frank Keating Copy Share Image
You can tell the people that if they succeed in killing me, that I forgive and bless those who do it. Hopefully,… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
Bishop, this is a full tithe and a little bit more, because that's the way we have been blessed. — Henry D. Moyle Copy Share Image
With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
I would say to bishops, and to all men in authority, we should have an interest in carrying on this work. We… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
They say the Catholic church played a big role in the genocide... and now they have me, a bishop, as proof, a… — Augustin Misago Copy Share Image
“God doesn’t give us pain to make us strong. He gives us strength to look inside ourselves and realize we are not… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The universities only ought to turn out men who are experts in the Holy Scriptures, men who can become bishops and priests,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It was much later that I realized Dad's secret. He gained respect by giving it. He talked and listened to the fourth-grade… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-hearted, but memorable! — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
The beautiful wooden board on a stand in my father's study. The gleaming ivory pieces. The stern king. The haughty queen. The… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
My desire is to live more to God to-day than yesterday, and to be more holy this hour than the last. — Francis Asbury Copy Share Image
No prince had lived in those wretched hovels, no red-robed bishops, only farmers and laborers whose stories no one had written down,… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies. — Ambrose Copy Share Image
We cannot be part-time Christians! We should seek to live our faith at every moment of every day. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the… — Francois-Andre Danican Philidor Copy Share Image
First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Religions are vague, of course. This means that they are easy to follow -you can interpret their prescriptions as you like. but… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
