In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted.

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.

Shame, as an emotion, has a core meaning, in relating individuals to wider social groups and norms -- real or imagined.

The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.

My land is bare of chattering folk; / the clouds are low along the ridges, / and sweet's the air with curly smoke / from all my burning bridges.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

I was a kid who got picked on in school and got beat up by popular, athletic soccer-type people.

The real quality of our life is not determined by what we have won from it, but by what we have discovered within it.

Strictly speaking, we do not make decisions. Decisions make us.

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.

Mathematics has given economics rigor, but alas, also mortis.

Health is worth more than learning.