Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness.

Don't aim to be perfect! Aim to be antifragile

It was obvious that their profits were simply cash borrowed from destiny with some random payback time.

Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur

If you hear a "prominent" economist using the word 'equilibrium,' or 'normal distribution,' do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put a rat down his shirt.

You don't become completely free by just avoiding being a slave; you also need to avoid becoming a master.

When an investor focuses on short-term investments, he or she is observing the variability of the portfolio, not the returns - in short, being fooled by randomness.