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“Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Day by day, and at the end of the day-if you live long enough-like most people, you will get out of life what you deserve.”
― Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
― Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
“Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
― The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
― The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
“Wir sind gewohnt dass die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen. (Goethe)—We are used to see that Man mocks what he never comprehends.”
― The Sign of Four
― The Sign of Four
“Smith is showing us a better path to contentment than the one the world holds out to seduce us with. There is another way to be loved. Instead of pursuing attention via wealth or fame or power, pursue wisdom and goodness. There are two ways to be loved, to satisfy the desire we all have in us to be noticed and to be somebody. The first path is to be rich, famous, powerful. The second path is to be wise and virtuous.”
― How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
― How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
“Economics helps you understand that money isn’t the only thing that matters in life. Economics teaches you that making a choice means giving up something. And economics can help you appreciate complexity and how seemingly unrelated actions and people can become entangled.”
― How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
― How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
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