The tradition of always looking for the answer in the most fundamental way available - that is a great tradition, and it saves a lot of time in this world.

Litigation is notoriously time-consuming, inefficient, costly and unpredictable.

If you don't keep learning, other people will pass you by. Temperament alone won't do it - you need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time.

The harder you work, the more confidence you get. But you may be working hard on something that is false.

You have to have a temperament to grab ideas and do sensible things. Most people don’t grab the right ideas or don’t know what to do with them.

In fact I've probably never seen such a wide moat.

It's dishonourable to stay stupider than you need to be