If something is going on, I hear about it. I like to talk to people, I socialise. Television is a waste of time. Human contact is what matters.

I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.

To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly.

There are systems that use failure as fuel for improvement, where the cost of failure is small.

If you're going to fail, you'd rather fail early than fail late in general.

Stoicism is about the *domestication* of emotions, not their elimination.

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