The gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius.

I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.

The need for values is inbred. Their content is not.

The number one problem in today's generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.

I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

Protectionism will do little to create jobs and if foreigners retaliate, we will surely lose jobs.

Remember what we're looking at. Gold is a currency. It is still, by all evidence, a premier currency, that no fiat currency, including the dollar, can match.

When trust is lost, a nation's ability to transact business is palpably undermined.

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.

Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world. Fiat money in extremis is accepted by nobody. Gold is always accepted.

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.

In moments of great change we suffer, somehow hoping deep down that our emotions and our dramas can change the future or prevent it from happening. Future happens regardless.

There are 2 types of artist:those who create for others in mindthose who create for themselveseither way, none are truly independent.

Happy people plan actions they don't plan results.

My feet is my only carriage.

Education is what you get from reading the small print; experience is what you get from not reading it.

Most musicians don't write about being a musician cause most musicians aren't writers.

I think the most alarming animals I have encountered are really poisonous snakes.

Psychotherapy is the prostitution of friendship.

Love and happiness remind me of sticky peanut butter. When you spread them around, you can't help but end up getting some on yourself!

Creativity is harnessing universality and making it flow through your eyes.