I believe that great success is possible in any field — from music to mathematics to macro trading.

I'm always thinking about losing money as opposed to making money. Don't focus on making money, focus on protecting what you have

Don't be a hero. Don't have an ego. Always question yourself and your ability. Don't ever feel that you are very good. The second you do, you are dead.

I always believe that prices move first and fundamentals come second

The secret to being successful from a trading perspective is to have an indefatigable and an undying and unquenchable thirst for information and knowledge.

And then at the end of the day, the most important thing is how good are you at risk control. Ninety-percent of any great trader is going to be the risk control.

First of all, never play macho man with the market. Second, never overtrade.

I spend my day trying to make myself as happy and relaxed as I can be. If I have positions going against me, I get right out; if they are going for me, I keep them.

Failure was a key element to my life’s journey.

You can not have significance in this life if it is all about you. You get your significance, you find your joy in life through service and sacrifice - it's pure and simple.

If life ever ceased to be an educational experience. I probably wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.

Film makes me feel less alone in the world.

The presence of fear doesn't mean that you lack what it takes to strive and win. It only means that you stepping into a whole new territory.

Writing a book is burning your brain to enlighten another man's mind

I'm not sure why, but when a person expects something to last forever, they don't notice the little things. It's only when the clock is ticking all those little things add up and become bigger.

OK, the rule is, you can [make love to] an elephant if you want to, but if you do you can't cover the circus.

To this very day, I do not know what he (Hitler) thought or knew or really wanted. I only knew my own thoughts and suspicions.

Every single one of us has the unique opportunity to create awareness and influence change

Just looking at pictures used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books with no words are now accepted as reading.

I had a standing arrangement with God: I'd agree to believe in him—barely—so long as he let me sleep in on Sundays.