Each of us has a purpose for living beyond our own survival and pleasure. Every individual is like a thread in a beautiful tapestry with a vital contribution to make, not only to the sustenance of life as we know it, but in the creation and development of more beneficial expressions of life.
Happiness pursued eludes, happiness given returns.
For all long-term investors, there is only one objective-maximum total real return after taxes.
You must be a fundamentalist to be really successful in the market.
There will always be bull markets followed by bear markets followed by bull markets.
The only way to experience love is to give it.
Be very careful. Giving because we think we will get something back will not work. You must be 100 percent willing to give and never experience any return, or it will not work.
Sell a stock only when you have found a new stock that is a 50% better bargain than the one that you hold.
By facing our challenges and overcoming them, we grow stronger, wiser, and more compassionate.
The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy.
True peace is a quality you carry within yourself, regardless of external circumstances.
For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity.
It is only by understanding the emotion of others that an investor has a chance to produce superior results.
Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.
Do your homework or hire wise experts to help you. Never jump into a business you have no idea about.
Share prices fluctuate more than share values.
To buy when others are despondently selling and sell when others are greedily buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest reward.
If a business is not ethical, it will fail, perhaps not right away but eventually.
Basic reality seems to be that the more you try to be like God by radiating unlimited love, the more you become flooded by waves of love from others and from God.
The opposite of humility is arrogance – the belief that we are wiser or better than others. Arrogance promotes separation rather than community. It looms like a brick wall between us and those from whom we could learn.