Kindness is more powerful than compulsion.

One can succeed at almost anything for which he has enthusiasm.

The word passive does a disservice to investors considering their options. Indexing provides an effective means of owning the market and allows investors to participate in the returns of a basket of stocks. The basket of stocks changes over time as stocks are added or removed based on its rules.

Nobody wants to be passive; indexing is not passive - much more goes into indexing than watching a stock become the next buggy whip.

Many times I can see a solution to something differently and quicker than other people. I see the end zone and say 'This is where I want to go.'

I couldn't read. I just scraped by. My solution back then was to read classic comic books because I could figure them out from the context of the pictures. Now I listen to books on tape.

Most of the mutual fund investments I have are index funds, approximately 75%.