Pain plus reflection equals progress.

He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.

The biggest mistake investors make is to believe that what happened in the recent past is likely to persist.

Radical open-mindedness and radical transparency are invaluable for rapid learning and effective change.

Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend.

-- Hypatia

Blue dye is extracted from the indigo plant, yet it is bluer than indigo itself.

-- Xunzi

We survive through adversity and perish through comfort.

-- Mencius

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

Do your duty and a little more, and the future will take care of itself.

-- Andrew Carnegie

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

-- Henry Ford