The world is an extremely dangerous, untrustworthy, unreliable place.
Once in a while the phenomena we exploit are particularly present. We like a reasonable amount of volatility. In our business we want some action. “Tumult is usually good for us. We don’t have credit lines of any significance. We don’t do a lot of leveraged-type financing.
The value of information is not in knowing more, but in knowing what others don't know.
The language of mathematics is the language of the universe, and by learning it, we can understand the cosmos.
The strength of a state is not just its ability to coerce, but its ability to provide services and maintain legitimacy in the eyes of its citizens.