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I’m going to give away a lot more than half my money. I’d be happy to give that to the government if the government put together programs that were like I’m giving away to charity, in which I believe the money is effectively used to help people.

Ray Dalio

The pain of problems is a call to find solutions rather than a reason for unhappiness and inaction, so it’s silly, pointless, and harmful to be upset at the problems and choices that come at you (though it’s understandable).
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Call Choice Harm Pain Problem Solution Understand Yourself
If you don’t own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.
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Economics History Yourself
When you think that it’s too hard, remember that in the long run, doing the things that will make you successful is a lot easier than being unsuccessful.
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Easy Hard Remember Success Thinking
The big question is: When will the term structure of interest rates change? That’s the question to be worried about.
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Change Interest Rate Structure Worry
I also believe that everyone needs to think independently and make their own decisions on what makes the most sense.
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Believe Decision Independent Myself Need Thinking
I’d like to be clear that a number of people find me intolerable, and they don’t hesitate to say so – which they and I cherish.
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Hesitate Myself People Tolerance
Meditation, more than any other factor, has been the reason for what success I’ve had.
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Factor Meditation Myself Reason Success
Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way.
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Device Limitation Nature Ourselves Pain Way
I believe that one of the best ways of getting at truth is reflecting with others who have opposing views and who share your interest in finding the truth rather than being proven right
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Believe Best Evidence Finding Interest Share Truth Way
I’ve learned that each mistake was probably a reflection of something that I was (or others were) doing wrong, so if I could figure out what that was, I could learn how to be more effective.
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Learning Mistake Myself Reflection Wrong
Demand is best measured in terms of spending. You know, I think in traditional economics, it’s a mistake to measure it in terms of the quantity of goods.
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Demand Measurement Mistake Myself Quantity Tradition
Like the saying goes, don’t believe everything you read.
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Believe Reading Trust Yourself
Success is achieved by people who deeply understand reality and know how to use it to get what they want. The converse is also true: idealists who are not well-grounded in reality create problems, not progress.
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Achievement Creation Ideal Problem Progress Reality Success True Understand
That’s what I mean by radical truth. I mean accepting reality.
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Acceptance Myself Radiant Truth
I believe that we all get rewarded and punished according to whether we operate in harmony or in conflict with nature’s laws, and that all societies will succeed or fail in the degrees that they operate consistently with these laws.
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Believe Consist Karma Law Myself Nature Punishment Reward Success
If you can stare hard at your problems, they almost always shrink or disappear, because you almost always find a better way of dealing with them than if you don’t face them head on. The more difficult the problem, the more important it is that you stare at it and deal with it.
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Deal Difficult Disappear Face Hard Problem Yourself

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I’m going to give away a lot more than half my money. I’d be happy to give that to the government if the government put together programs that were like I’m giving away to charity, in which I believe the money is effectively used to help people.

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