"A diamond cannot be polished without friction,..." - Quote by Warren Buffett

“Don't settle for anything other than your passion - if you're lucky enough to find it.”

“I happen to have a talent for allocating capital. But my ability to use that talent is completely dependent on the society I was born into. If I'd been born into a tribe of hunters, this talent of mine would be pretty worthless. I can't run very fast. I'm not particularly strong. I'd probably end up as some wild animal's dinner.”

“It is obvious that the performance of a stock last year or last month is no reason, per se, to either own it or to not own it now. It is obvious that an inability to "get even" in a security that has declined is of no importance. It is obvious that the inner warm glow that results from having held a winner last year is of no importance in making a decision as to whether it belongs in an optimum portfolio this year.”

“Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.”

“There is only one answer to defeat and that is victory.”

“We bury our seeds and wait,Winter blocks the road,Flowers are taken prisoner underground,But then green justice tenders a spear”

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”

“To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day”

“To regret deeply is to live afresh.”