Democracy, by its very nature, can't be imposed on people. Democracy has to be the people deciding for themselves.

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.

Dignified in what she does, when she sings the smile that she brings to all of you unaware of what's to come, I said tell me what's to come.

I am no longer tied to the cliffsThreats don’t hold any groundI have decided to fly highOn the winds of cool complacence

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space everything else is opinion.

By challenging anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, science fiction throws open the whole of civilization and its premises to constructive criticism.

The law is reason, free from passion.

I should only have been as lucky as Valentino, in the movies - I didnt have to be a gigolo. In real life.

Humans create their cognitive powers by creating the environments in which they exercise those powers

May the work of your hands be a sign of gratitude and reverence to the human condition.

[On turning down an invitation to appear for four minutes on the Ed Sullivan Show:] Honey, it takes Moms four minutes just to get on the stage.

Do not direct all your energies towards seeking pleasure but rather towards a sublime ideal. Your energies will then serve you and contribute to the realisation of your goal or ideal.