The most successful investors are those who can remain calm during market turbulence.

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them - and then, the opportunity to choose.

It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be intelligent.