Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail.

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.

Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise.

It feels good to know that if I died tomorrow I would have absolutely no regrets about things I wanted to do in life but did not try.

The happier person is one, that acknowledges and accepts life won't get any better than this.

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

What can't be said can be written. Because writing is a silent act, a labor from the head to the hand.

I have a long-term interest in the humanities.

That's one of the surprises in the research, that's it's not young people who are smitten with their phones. It's their parents who are not paying attention to them.

The cross is the place where, and the means by which, God loved us to the uttermost.

I never know what day it is. Never, ever, ever.

Ka works and the world moves on.