Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations we can perform without thinking about them. - Alfred North Whitehead

There is a natural tendency in all men to avoid punishment. - Edwin Lefevre, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Glossy surfaces reflect much more than they reveal. - David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me

Don’t reserve rigorous reasoning for trivial pursuits.

Thesis and antithesis produce synthesis.

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations we can perform without thinking about them. - Alfred North Whitehead

Do not act too righteous and do not act too wise, why should you destroy yourself? - Cohelit

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he was meant to be. - Frank A Clarke

If it is to be it’s up to me (the greatest virtue of self-reliance)

The best is still ahead.

Our greatest strength is our greatest weakness. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thesis and antithesis produce synthesis.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

Until you know who you are dealing with, you don’t know what you are dealing with. - Chris Voss, Never Split the Difference

"It was the type of market we’re not even a skunk could make a scent." - Edwin Lefevre, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

There is nothing more expensive than that which comes for free. - Chinese proverb

Work is love made visible. The goal is not to live forever; the goal is to create something that will. - Khalil Gibran

He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has discovered the most valuable secret of negotiation. - Robert Estabrook

Don’t make something more accurate than it needs to be. - Fermi

"A suboptimal strategy you can live with and execute is better than an optimal one you can't." - William Bernstein (The Intelligent Asset Allocator)

The person who invents the game makes the rules.