There is nothing to fear from truth....Being truthful is essential to being an independent thinker and obtaining greater understanding of what is right.

That's what I mean by radical truth. I mean accepting reality.

I'd like to be clear that a number of people find me intolerable, and they don't hesitate to say so - which they and I cherish.

Constantly probe the people who report to you, and encourage them to probe you.

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

Don't be a perfectionist, because perfectionists often spend too much time on little differences at the margins at the expense of other big, important things. Be an effective imperfectionist. Solutions that broadly work well (e.g., how people should contact each other in the event of crises) are generally better than highly specialized solutions (e.g., how each person should contact each other in the event of every conceivable crisis).

We don't have ways of resolving the arguments in idea meritocratic way.