It is thus superstition infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity, and enslaves him with fanaticism.
It's much easier to stay out of trouble now than to get out of trouble later.
If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.
The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself. . . The more you learn, the more you'll earn.
Look for 3 things in a person. Intelligence, Energy, & Integrity. If they don't have the last one, don't even bother with the first two.
If you've got the power to raise prices without losing business to a competitor, you've got a very good business. And if you have to have a prayer session before raising the price by a tenth of a cent, then you've got a terrible business. I've been in both, and I know the difference.
To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information. What's needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions and the ability to keep emotions from corroding that framework. You must supply the emotional discipline.
You always have to know when to bow out. You bow out while you are on top.
I have yet to see a successful prediction about the physical world that was inferred or extrapolated from the content of any religions document.
I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.