Bear the Vastness of Life
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
The Difference of Love
When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.
Love Never Dies
Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of...
Walk Through Your Garden
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you? I could walk through my garden forever.
Take Bold Action in Romance
I was in the parking lot, with the key in the car, and I thought to myself: If this is...
Terrible Investors
A lot of people with high IQs are terrible investors because they’ve got terrible temperaments. And that is why we...
Comparing Companies
If all you needed to do is to figure out what company is better than others, everyone would make a...
The King of the Pen
Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I...
Slow Learners
After nearly making a terrible mistake not buying See’s, we’ve made this mistake many times. We are apparently slow learners.
Looking in the Mirror
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the...
Learn from Mistakes
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
Continue to Learn
The name of the game is continuing to learn. Even if you’re very well trained and have some natural aptitude,...
Troubled by the Twin Deficits
I still prefer this country, and so does Warren. But we’re both troubled deeply by the twin deficits [trade and...
Buying Coke
It took us months of buying all the Coke stock we could to accumulate $1 billion worth — equal to...
Make More Dinner Rolls
Always make more dinner rolls than you think you can eat. For some reason, dinner rolls loom much larger in...
Be Grateful No Matter What
Be grateful. No matter how awful your life seems at the moment, you have something to be grateful for. Focus on it...
Don’t Resolve Fundamental Conflicts
Don’t try to resolve fundamental conflicts with your spouse or roommates. The only people who win marital arguments about bedrock...
Give People Eulogies
Don’t just pay people compliments; give them living eulogies. Tell them exactly how great they are, in how many ways.
Try a New Dish
Always order one extra dish at a restaurant, an unfamiliar one. You might like it, which would be splendid.
Politics is Not the Most Important Thing
Politics is not the most important thing in the world. It’s just the one people talk about the most.
Horrible Blows in Life
Another thing, of course, is that life will have terrible blows in it, horrible blows, unfair blows. It doesn’t matter.
I Don’t Have a Girlfriend
I don’t have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who’d be mad at me for saying that.
Hiring Right
This is a good life lesson: getting the right people into your system is the most important thing you can...
Rising in Life
If you rise in life, you have to behave in a certain way. You can go to a strip club...
Don’t Be Idiotic
People are trying to be smart. All I am trying to do is not to be idiotic, but it’s harder...
A Chance to Change the World
Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to...
Built from the Heart
One of the things that made Apple great was that, in the early days, it was built from the heart.
Fishing Shows on TV
You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They...
What Do Good Programmers Do?
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
Moats in Business
Kellogg’s and Campbell’s moats have also shrunk due to the increased buying power of supermarkets and companies like Walmart. The...
Mr. Pibb vs. Dr. Pepper
Mr. Pibb is a poor imitation of Dr. Pepper. Dude didn’t even get his degree.
Getting Out of the Country Club
If you, like me, lived through 1973-74 or even the early 1990s… There was a waiting list to get OUT...
Blackjack Addiction
I like to play blackjack. I’m not addicted to gambling. I’m addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.
Concentrate on One Thing
It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man...
