Chess Quote by Aleister Crowley

“The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the laws…

— Thomas Henry Huxley

“To many people chess is an extreme sport. It requires a lot of thinking.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

“The limit of man s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms…

— Charles Darwin

Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain…

— Benjamin Franklin

In chess there is a world of intellectual values.

— Gerald Abrahams

“And are we not guilty of offensive disparagement in calling chess a game? Is it not also a science and an art, hovering between…

— Stefan Zweig

“The man of system, on the contrary, is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamoured with the…

— F.A. Hayek

“Sometimes, it requires a significant number of Chess moves to make the universe align.”

— James Qualls

Chess is not only knowledge and logic

— Alexander Alekhine

Knowledge is power. Unfortunate dupes of this saying will keep on creating, ambitiously, till they have stunned their native initiative and made their thoughts…

— Clarence Day

“Where there is competition, one cannot attain (true) 'Knowledge'.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and with the…

— Jose Raul Capablanca