We explain nature; we understand mental life.

Man is not an eternal essence but a historical being.

The first thing we can say of life is that it is a nexus.

It is important to express oneself, provided the feelings are real and taken from your own experience.

-- Berthe Morisot

I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong.

-- George Soros

Those who fully develop their mind know their nature. Knowing their nature, they know Heaven.

-- Mencius

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

-- Benedictus de Spinoza

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

-- Warren Buffett

If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn't be in stocks.

-- John C. Bogle