You could adjust the punishment to fit the infraction. Even a small fine would be enough to bring an errant government to heel.

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.

When love invades your life, it captures your heart, imprisons your mind, and frees your soul.

You are my favourite part of life.

And it's wrong of you to think that love leaves room for nothing else. It's possible to love something and still condescend to it.

It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

For me, a bit of anthropology in the evening is always better than staying and watching the telly.

The inner life of any great thing will be incomprehensible to me until I develop and deepen an inner life of my own.

Money came my way but wasn't really in the plan, so I didn't know how to deal with it.

I'm like a fine wine. I get better with age. The best is yet to come.

The U.S.-China relationship, of course, has elements of both cooperation and competition.