The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.

This is a good life lesson: getting the right people into your system is the most important thing you can do.

I like people admitting they were complete stupid horses' asses. I know I'll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is a wonderful trick to learn.

The normal expectancy of the average investor - for example, the pension funds of AT&T or IBM - is 6% for a long time.

The Internet bubble circa 2000 is the most extreme in modern capitalism. In the 1930s, we had the worst depression in 600 years. Today is almost as extreme in the opposite way.

The tax code gives you an enormous advantage if you can find some things you can just sit with.

Just avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.