In South Africa, they dig for diamonds. Tons of earth are moved to find a little pebble not as large as a little fingernail. The miners are looking for the diamonds, not the dirt. They are willing to lift all the dirt in order to find the jewels. In daily life, people forget this principle and become pessimists because there is more dirt than diamonds. When trouble comes, don’t be frightened by the negatives. Look for the positives and dig them out. They are so valuable it doesn't matter if you have to handle tons of dirt.

Question everything, even if it represents generations of conventional wisdom.

You can never be free until you develop the mental strength to stop fretting over things you cannot control.

Reality isn't the way you wish things to be nor the way they appear to be but the way they actually are.

Start buying gold now, regardless of the price. By acting now, you will not have to react when it's too late. Too late will be when the majority of the public finally figures out what is happening to paper money and frantically tries to get aboard. Remember, if you're one of the ones holding paper in the end, you will have given away your products and services for nothing.

Assumption Theory: The only safe assumption in life is that the person who assures you that everything is all right is all wrong.

You can have a strong government and a weak people, or strong people and weak government, but you cannot have both.