I believe that understanding what is good is obtained by looking at the way the world works and figuring out how to operate in harmony with it to help it evolve.

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively

Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field.

Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way.

There is nothing to fear from truth....Being truthful is essential to being an independent thinker and obtaining greater understanding of what is right.

To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.

Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I've had.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

If you don't own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.

The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.

Love Can Left you Up, Love Can let You Down, Love Can make you cry like a lonely Clown

One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its false expectations.

Never say that anything is hopeless, Tristal, until it has irreparably failed. And always remember that Elamm’ may perform any action, though it may seem impossible to you.

You eat canned tuna fish and you absorb protein. Then, if you're lucky, someone give you Dover Sole and you experience nourishment. It's the same with books.

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

I'm a novelist who read a lot as a kid. When you grow up on books and then grow up to write books, famous authors are a lot more meaningful to you than TV and movie stars.

I can walk into a bookstore and hand over my credit card and they don't know who the hell I am. Maybe that says something about bookstore clerks.

The house you live in will never fall down, if you pity the stranger who stands at your door.

Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.

America is always a good target for a populist. In many countries, particularly authoritarian systems, if you want to get an extra bonus, you bash the Americans.