It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.

By periodically investing in an index fund, the know-nothing investors can actually outperform most investment professionals.

...I will give you two pieces of advice. Invest as much in yourself as you can; you are your own best asset by far. Then follow your passion; you want to be really excited to get out of bed every morning.

You have to be able to communicate in life and probably schools underemphasize that. If you can't talk to people or write, you're giving up your potential.

I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to develop that talent, and set up the laws and the finanical system to let me do what I love doing-and make a lot of money doing it. The least I can do is help pay for all that.

If you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you need very little in the way of a margin of safety.

The extraordinary business does not require good management.