Rub Your Nose in Your Mistakes
It is really useful to be reminded of your errors. I think Warren Buffett and I are pretty good at...
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I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out ok.
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Jobs, Wozniak, and Bob Dylan
Woz and I very much liked Bob Dylan’s poetry, and we spent a lot of time thinking about a lot...
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Rationality is not just something you do so that you can make more money, it is a binding principle. Rationality...
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New Sleepwear
Sometimes I fall asleep at night with my clothes on. I’m going to have all my clothes made out of...
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It looks like it’s from another planet. A good planet. A planet with better designers.
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My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and...
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Stock brokers, in toto, will do so poorly that the index fund will do better.
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If you get a lot of heavy ideology young, and then you start expressing it, you are really locking your...
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Opportunity cost is a huge filter in life. If you’ve got two suitors who are really eager to have you...
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Knowing what you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant.
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Besides Dylan, I was interested in Eastern mysticism, which hit the shores at about the same time.
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No CEO examining books today understands what the hell is going on.
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The reason we avoid the word “synergy” is because people generally claim more synergistic benefits than will come.
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I end up not buying a lot of things, because I find them ridiculous.
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Berkshire’s past record has been almost ridiculous. If Berkshire had used even half the leverage of, say, Rupert Murdoch, it...
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An Ant Farm
I got an ant farm. Them fellas didn’t grow shit.
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If you buy something because it’s undervalued, then you have to think about selling it when it approaches your calculation...
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If you took out our 15 best ideas, most of you wouldn’t be here.
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Simplicity has a way of improving performance through enabling us to better understand what we are doing.
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Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of...
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The general systems of money management [today] require people to pretend to do something they can’t do and like something...
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Typing Speed Test
If I had nine of my fingers missing I wouldn’t type any slower.
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Once you start doing something bad, then it’s easy to take the next step — and in the end, you’re...
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Heaven and Earth
Heaven and earth are ruthless and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs.
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Exercise Your Patience
Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud...
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The Seeds of Genius
To see things in the seed, that is genius.
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The Germ of Intelligence
To perceive things in the germ is intelligence.
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Taoist Minimalism
To have little is to possess. To have plenty is to be perplexed.
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Nature’s Pace
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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Man’s Enemies
Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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When is Enough?
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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Faith in Others
He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.
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Violence Reaps Violence
Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.
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Truthful Words
Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
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A Still Mind
To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
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Why Know Thyself?
To know men is to be wise; to know oneself is to be illumined.
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Knowledge vs. Prediction
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
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Path to Enlightenment
There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take one with a heart.
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Paradoxical Words of Truth
The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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Heaven Does Not Compete
The Way of Heaven does not compete, and yet it skillfully achieves victory.
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Lawbreakers and Tax Evaders
The more laws are enacted and taxes assessed, the greater the number of lawbreakers and tax evaders.
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