“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.

Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.

Never test the depth of river with both the feet.

Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones.

Wall Street is the only place that people drive to in a Rolls Royce to take advice from people who ride the subway.

Writing a check separates a commitment from a conversation.

Other guys read Playboy. I read annual reports.

The key to success is emotional stability.

Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No.1

Buy a stock the way you would buy a house. Understand and like it such that you’d be content to own it in the absence of any market.

Buy a stock the way you would buy a house. Understand and like it such that you’d be content to own it in the absence of any market.

It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes.

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

Never be afraid to ask for too much when selling or offer too little when buying.

Money is not everything. Make sure you earn a lot before speaking such nonsense.

Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source.

The deeper I go into myself, the stronger I become, because I realize that my real self is much bigger than any fear.

I had no shoes, and I felt sorry for myself until I met a man who had no feet. I took his shoes. Now I feel better.

Minds differ still more than faces.

Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.

Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same.

You always become the thing you fight the most.

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.

What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.