Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. Witty, irreverent, and wise, he loved what he was teaching and clearly wanted his students to love it, also.
I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.
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
To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.
Unlike in school, in life you don't have to come up with all the right answers. You can ask the people around you for help - or even ask them to do the things you don't do well. In other words, there is almost no reason not to succeed if you take the attitude of 1) total flexibility - good answers can come from anyone or anywhere (and in fact, as I have mentioned, there are far more good answers 'out there' than there are in you) and 2) total accountability: regardless of where the good answers come from, it's your job to find them.
Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field.
The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.
For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier. . . I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.
The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it.
I feel like I try not to limit myself. So every experience so far, I've just gone headlong into.
I don't just want the belt, I want every one of their heads on a plate.