“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“The consensus is often wrong, so I have to be an independent thinker. To make any money, you have to be right when they’re wrong.”

– Ray Dalio

“You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who you are on the inside.”

– Alan Cohen

“Forget everything you learned outside these walls, for that is the world of men. We are more. We are gladiators! Study, train, bleed, and one day your name will be legend, spoken in hushed whispers…”

– Oenomaus

“Bad opinions can be very costly. Most people come up with opinions and there’s no cost to them. Not so in the market. This is why I have learned to be cautious. No matter how hard I work, I really can’t be sure.”

– Ray Dalio

“Most traders fail because they have simply never really put themselves in a condition to succeed… sad but true.”

– Just a Thought

“It isn’t easy for me to be confident that my opinions are right. In the markets, you can do a huge amount of work and still be wrong.”

– Ray Dalio

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

– Nelson Mandela

“Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind”

– Zen proverb