To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.

Like the saying goes, don't believe everything you read.

Success is achieved by people who deeply understand reality and know how to use it to get what they want. The converse is also true: idealists who are not well-grounded in reality create problems, not progress.

If you don't own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.

I'm just saying that if you understand how the economic machine works, it just works like a machine. There are cause-effect relationships.

Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I've had.

Some people who are creative are not reliable and vice versa; some see big pictures while others see details, etc. All of them are important to have on well-orchestrated teams.