When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways, very difficult to even have a proper criterion of success. So, it's a difficult task.

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

I'm not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.

There is no point in being confident and having a small position.

It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.

Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.

Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.

Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.

The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.

The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story

He called it potentia because there's nothing quite like Latin for disguising the fact you're making it up as you go along.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the more natural it becomes to not let your fears run you.

The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.

The true masters of the art of living are already happy.

In terms of history and sports, I don't think people will forget.

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response.

The companionship of a secret is often corruptive to good habits, such as sleep and appetite.

All my life I been waitin' for I been prayin' for, for the people to say that we don't want to fight no more. They'll be no more wars and our children will play, one day.

It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go.