Understanding both the power of compound interest and the difficulty of getting it is the heart and soul of understanding a lot of things.

The interesting thing is the field is so big - it's enormous. One thing a modern civilization needs is energy.

Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.

I feel that by getting rich in the way I did, I think my own example has hurt my own country.

Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.

I think track records are very important. If you start early trying to have a perfect one in some simple thing like honesty, you're well on your way to success in this world.

I think we have some special talents. That being said, I think it's dangerous to rely on special talents - it's better to own lots of monopolistic businesses with unregulated prices. But that's not the world today. We have made money exercising our talents and will continue to do so.