Bankers, they're not harmed by their mistakes. They benefit when things go right, and the society pays the price.

We have this culture of financialization. People think they need to make money with their savings rather with their own business. So you end up with dentists who are more traders than dentists. A dentist should drill teeth and use whatever he does in the stock market for entertainment.

What kills me makes others stronger.

You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.

The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free

He who has never sinned is less reliable than he who has only sinned once. And someone who has made plenty of errors-though never the same error more than once-is more reliable than someone who has never made any.

Realism is punishing. Probabilistic skepticism is worse.