Berkshireis not as good as it was in terms of percentage compounding [going forward], but it's still a hell of a business.

The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.

Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.

Mimicking the herd invites regression to the mean.

I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.

The big money is not in the buying and selling ... but in the waiting.

Great investing requires a lot of delayed gratification.

When you locate a bargain, you must ask, 'Why me, God? Why am I the only one who could find this bargain?'

Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world.

I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don't believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody's that smart.

A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage, etc.

Destiny, if I could sit across the porch from God, I'd thank Him for Lending me you.....

I have never experienced a sorrow that was not relieved by an hour of reading.

Happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events.

He was impolite while making a point? This is Vlad the Impaler. His points usually come at the end of a long pole.

Plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom.

I don't think I have the right to give someone advice when I don't know them.

What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is.

A made-up proverb from Dreams of the Compass Rose says, "In the desert, the only god is a well." I love exploring the intensity of such juxtaposition, the dangerous edge.

To be happy means to be free, not from pain or fear, but from care or anxiety.