David F. Swensen Quotes

Most active mutual funds are more interested in collecting fees than in boosting returns for investors.

Unless an investor has access to “incredibly high-qualified professionals,” they “should be 100 percent passive - that includes almost all individual investors and most institutional investors.

Never underestimate the gullibility of large pools of money.

When you look at the results on an after-fee, after-tax basis over reasonably long periods of time, there's almost no chance that you end up beating the index fund.

Don't let what other people say disturb your mind. Be happy.

That which works is authentic. It's a practical truth. What really matters is that we find benefit, regardless of whether it's an ancient traditional approach or some new version, popular or obscure.

I've always viewed high-frequency trading as a tax on the rest of us.

The real riches of yoga cannot be seen; they are felt and experienced from the inside out.

The true depth of understanding and maturity as a practitioner is how we apply what we've learned to our lives.

I've worked many jobs throughout my life, which has ultimately enhanced my appreciation for the opportunity to teach yoga and share something so positive.

I believe that the greatest teachers create thinking students.

A yogi is one who leaves a place a little nicer than when they arrived.

I've tried many other styles of yoga, but nothing has ever given me the same centeredness, energy, and internal balance that I feel when practicing Ashtanga Yoga.

I think regular Iowans are cynical of this whole idea of corporate welfare, with the biggest awards going to the most profitable companies. It doesn't make sense.