King of the Birds, Lord of the Skies

King of the Birds, Lord of the Skies
Gather ye rose buds while ye may, old time is still a flying;
and this same rose that you see today, tomorrow will be dying.
CarpeDiem: Seize the Day!
- Dead Poets Society

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Judge or Love?

"If we judge people, we have no time to love them.

- Mother Therasa

Dog as Exercise Machine?

A dog is the only exercise maching you cannot decide to skip when you don't feel like it.

Carolyn G. Heilburn

Friday, October 26, 2007

Einstein's Chess Ideas

"Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shakling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer."

- Albert Einstein
1879-1955

Being Imperfect

The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.

Doug Larson

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Chess in the words of Duchamp

"Chess players are madmen of a certain quality, the way the artist is supposed to be, and isn't, in general."

"Not all artists may be chess players, but all chess players are artists."

"I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position."

"Chess is a sport. A violent sport."

- Marcel Duchamp
1887-1968

All Men are Equal...

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.

Aldous Huxley

PS: Though some are 'more' equal than others, you know ...

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Chess and Timidity

"Chess is not for the timid."

- Irving Chernev
1900-1981