If you're going to be unreligious, it's likely going to be due to reflecting on it and finding some things that are hard to believe.

Some achieve a reputation for great successes when in fact all they have done is take chances that reasonable people wouldn't take.

Organizations may be better able to tame optimism than individuals are.

The concept of loss aversion is certainly the most significant contribution of psychology to behavioral economics.

There's a tendency to look at investments in isolation. Investors focus on the risk of individual securities.

I have always emphasized the willingness to discard.

In essence, the optimistic style involves taking credit for successes but little blame for failures.