The avoidance of loss is the surest way to ensure a profitable outcome.

The single greatest edge an investor can have is a long-term orientation.

Value investing is at its core the marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator.

Ultimately, nothing should be more important to investors than the ability to sleep soundly at night.

The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behavior that is responsible for overreactions in both directions.

In reality, no one knows what the market will do; trying to predict it is a waste of time, and investing based upon that prediction is a speculative undertaking.

Investment success cannot be captured in a mathematical equation or a computer program.

Patience and discipline can make you look foolishly out of touch until they make you look prudent and even prescient

The near absence of bargains works as a reverse indicator for us. When we find there is little worth buying, there is probably much worth selling.

As Buffett has often observed, value investing is not a concept that can be learned and gradually applied over time. It is either absorbed and adopted at once, or it is never truly learned.

The overwhelming majority of people are comfortable with consensus, but successful investors tend to have a contrarian bent.

Even subjects that are known are known only to a few

The clouds were disappearing rapidly, leaving the stars to die. The night dried up.

I founded Wang Laboratories . . . to show that Chinese could excel at things other than running laundries and restaurants.

Success is not handed to you. You must work hard for it and you must never dishonor what you’ve achieved.

If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.

Kate had never met a person she didn't want to protect, preferably by hacking at the hostile parties with her sword.

I was very strict on that point. No devouring classmates." Jeremy rolled his eyes. "Other parents warn their kids not to talk to strangers. I had to warn mine not to eat them.

To get rid of the infatuation for English is one of the essentials of Swaraj.

Most people don't like challenges at work. Actors love challenges at work.

I have always been a huge believer in the inestimable value good mentoring can contribute to any nascent business