By setting oneself totally free of constraints, free of thoughts, free of this debilitating activity called work, free of efforts, elements hidden in the texture of reality start staring at you; then mysteries that you never thought existed emerge in front of your eyes.

Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood.

Life is a tightrope between two errors: generalizing the wrong particular and particularizing the wrong general.

Is the economy something organic or is it something engineered? I think it's closer to the organic. You harm it by artificially suppressing volatility in it.

Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better.

Love without sacrifice is like theft

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