Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly.

Bitcoin is the beginning of something great: a currency without a government, something necessary and imperative.

Work hard, not in grunt work, but in chasing such opportunities and maximizing exposure to them. This makes living in big cities invaluable because you increase the odds of serendipitous encounters-you gain exposure to the envelope of serendipity.

Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.

The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn't care too much.

He who has never sinned is less reliable than he who has only sinned once.

The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.