If I had to choose a great single fallacy of investing, it’s believing that when a stock’s price goes up, then you’ve made a good investment.

If all the energy people like me have put into shaming and starving ourselves had been put instead into demanding these political changes, there would be far less...misery.

It might seem that intense feelings of love, hate, or anger can be used to impel you forward on some project, but that is an illusion. Such emotions give you a burst of energy that falls quickly and leaves you as low as you were high.

Our society needs the creativity and vision of entrepreneurs more than ever. In fact, it is precisely because these are such precious resources that we cannot afford to waste them.

Through the triggering device of wishes, stories seem to like arranging events so that the hero is forced to evolve to a higher level of awareness.

The moment we stop thinking is when our happiness begins.

How can I be sure that I will live a life of integrity – and stay out of jail?

Every state has its slogan urging its citizens to be prepared to die if necessary for the state: Britain’s “For King and Country,” Spain’s “Por Dios y España,” and so on. Such sentiments are unthinkable in bands and tribes.

Man, like the generous vine, supported lives; / The strength he gains is from the embrace he gives.” - Alexander Pope

It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it. The motive is everything.