It's more important to do big things well than to do small things perfectly.

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively

Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field.

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.

There is nothing to fear from truth....Being truthful is essential to being an independent thinker and obtaining greater understanding of what is right.

To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.

Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I've had.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

If you don't own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.

The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.

It is essential to our health and happiness that we dedicate ourselves to some kind of mission or purpose that transcends the mundane hustle and bustle of daily living.

Each new day offers the chance to start afresh, to achieve those things you most desires.

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

Someone will always be getting richer faster than you. This is not a tragedy.

I am a big fan of[Barak] Obama.I'd like to lie on the ground and have him walk over me.

No amount of promises can guarantee love

Medically speaking, there is no such thing as a nervous breakdown. Which is very annoying to discover when you're right in the middle of one.

I learned another thing, which is that just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story.

The next point - that's all you must think about.

I had hoped, at my departure, I would feel sure and knowledgeable about everything that lay ahead -- after all, I had been "analyzed." Instead, all I could see were question marks.