“Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.”

To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.

I don’t panic. The same thing applies to me as to everybody else, so I’m given to euphoria and despair. And I would say that I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.

Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.

The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios… The idea that you can actually predict what’s going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.

The world order needs a major overhaul.

If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.

Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.

Market prices are always wrong.

There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that’s rather shocking for Americans to hear.

The financial markets play an active role in determining what’s going to happen, how the economy is going to function.

Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test.

I rely a great deal on animal instincts.

The collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to imagine than the continuation of the present regime.

Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.

The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.

If you look for what’s bad, you will find the bad.

Life is one big tug of war between mediocrity and trying to find your best self.

The meaning of success is different for everyone, you must find your own.

Loyalty is hard to find, trust is easy to lose.

Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.

Find yourself so you don’t look for your worth in others.

If you can’t find your happiness, don’t ruin others.

Truth is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be with yourself.