Read books are far less valuable than unread ones.

People work out, they stress their body, and their body gets stronger from stress.

Don't disturb complicated systems that have been around for a very long time. We don't understand their logic. Don't pollute the planet. Leave it the way we found it, regardless of scientific 'evidence'.

Restaurants get you in with food to sell you liquor; religions get you in with belief to sell you rules.

The central idea in The Black Swan is that: rare events cannot be estimated from empirical observation since they are rare.

Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut, and don't ask an academic if what he does is relevant.

The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination