Jia Jun Qin

“Basically, all emotions are modifications of one primordial, undifferentiated emotion that has its origin in the loss of awareness of who you are beyond name and form.”
― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

“The commercial banker performs three near-sacred functions central to any capitalist society: the safeguarding of other people’s money; the provision of working capital to businesses, without which the economy cannot function; and the creation of money. By contrast, the investment banker sells stocks and bonds to the public, a much riskier and morally more ambiguous activity.”
― William J. Bernstein, The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups

“Monarch butterflies travel thousands of miles during their migration across North America,”
― Randall Munroe, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

“human phenomenon: our species’ preference for “positively skewed outcomes”—ones with low-probability but enormous payoffs, even if the average of all payoffs is negative.”
― William J. Bernstein, The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups