The best way to measure your investing success is not by whether you're beating the market but by whether you've put in place a financial plan and a behavioral discipline that are likely to get you where you want to go.

The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not your responsibility.

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.

"Memory is a strange thing. It doesn’t work like I thought it did. It’s not a film you can replay. It’s more like a story you tell yourself, and the story changes every time."