As I discovered, there is a great deal of similarity between a boom-bust process in the financial markets and the rise and fall of the Soviet system.

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

I'm not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.

There is no point in being confident and having a small position.

It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.

Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.

Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.

Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.

The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.

Everyday ... life confronts us with new problems to be solved which force us to adjust our old programs accordingly.

To make the choice for independent survival the great man's wife has to become convinced of her own intrinsic worth.

It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.

As long as you feel like a victim, you are one.

Live to please the others, and everyone will love you, except yourself.

With every farewell comes a hidden hope.

Wisdom is a blaze, kindled by a leaping spark.

The poor are too busy working to need justice.

We're teachers, and we have a commitment." "Commitment to what-to live and die in this hellhole, when we can leave and live like other people?

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.