Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.

It's human nature to keep doing something as long as it's pleasurable and you can succeed at it, which is why the world population continues to double every 40 years.

Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.

Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.

Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon

When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don't know when you can find the bottom.

Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach.

You only need a few good stocks in your lifetime. I mean how many times do you need a stock to go up ten-fold to make a lot of money? Not a lot.

Know what you own, and know why you own it.

The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.

Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.

The best advice is to be yourself, but to be your best self.

Some of the most likeable people on the outside are capable of truly heinous things.

Slavery is a sin when whites were put to the yoke, but not the African. All men are created equal, unless we decide you are not a man.

You're everything I write about in songs, but can never have." -Jax

Feeling stuck or indecisive? Listen to your intuition and make a decision

When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.

You must reach inside yourselves where I live like a story, not old, not young laughing at my own sorrow, weeping pearls at weddings, wielding a torch to melt sand into something clear and bright.

The more complicated the machine, the more problems I find it has.

Not to give to those in need what is to you superfluous is akin to fraud.

Love is nothing but the fear of mortal man at the thought of solitude.