It is not the world as it should be which puts an end to the real world, but the world as it is
— Jean Baudrillard
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
— Henry James
Mourning is the price we pay for having the courage to love others
— From Book “A Matter of Love and Life”
A person who knows little likes to talk, and one who knows much mostly keeps silent. This is because a person who knows little thinks that everything he knows is important, and wants to tell everyone. A person who knows much also knows that there is much more he doesn’t know. That’s why he speaks only when it is necessary to speak, and when he is not asked questions, he keeps his silence
— Jean Jacques Rousseau
Phil Fisher was just telling me the same thing that Charlie was telling me, which was that it’s very important to get into a business with fundamentally good economics, and one that you could ride with for decades, rather than one where you had to go from flower to flower every day. That philosophy has carried me along. Now, I’ve learned different ways of applying it over the years, but it’s the way I think about businesses now.
—Warren Buffett (2013)
Of course banks are greedy! Of course corporations are selfish, and Wall Street is wily! Blaming a financial crisis on these qualities is like blaming a flood on the wetness of water…
From “Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing: P. 130