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

Even in pure mathematics they can't remove all paradox, and the rest of us should also recognize we are going to have to endure a lot of paradox, like it or not.

Expect hogs to eat a lot more in the presence of a lot of hog wash.

I think that one should recognize reality even when one doesn't like it; indeed, especially when one doesn't like it.

You'll find many markets where bottlers of Pepsi and Coke both make a lot of money and many others where they destroy most of the profitability of the two franchises. That must get down to the peculiarities of individual adjustment to market capitalism. I think you 'd have to know the people involved to fully understand what was happening.

The idea of caring is that someone is making money faster [than you are] is one of the deadly sins. Envy is a really stupid sin because it’s the only one you could never possibly have any fun at. There’s a lot of pain and no fun. Why would you want to get on that trolley?

The name of the game is continuing to learn. Even if you're very well trained and have some natural aptitude, you still need to keep learning.