"To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature."

“The borrowers will always be willing to take a great deal for themselves. It’s up to the lenders to show restraint, and when they lose it, watch out.”

Source : "Essential reading for science writers: The Big Short by Michael Lewis" by Mark Henderson, www.theguardian.com. April 17, 2012.

“You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.”

“Without the right tools, we can't police our markets from illegal trade.”

“Our creature comforts”

“Instead of looking at difficulties as deprivations, we can learn to recognize them as opportunities for deepening and widening our love.”

“I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.”

“By building respect and inspiring love business can move the world.”

“The mother eagle teaches her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves to the unknown world of air outside. And just so does our God to us. He stirs up our comfortable nests, and pushes us over the edge of them, and we are forced to use our wings to save ourselves from fatal falling. Read your trials in this light, and see if you cannot begin to get a glimpse of their meaning. Your wings are being developed.”

Source : Hannah Whitall Smith (1888). “The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life”