"Individuals who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process."

-- Benjamin Graham

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“People will believe thousands of different lies in succession rather than confront a single scintilla of truth.”
“There were shadows galore in the dim light, but there was one shadow that did not correspond to any object in the room. It lurked next to the fireplace, a formless, undulating darkness.”

Source : Bentley Little (2012). “The Haunted”, p.249, Penguin
“If the soul is impartial in receiving information, it devotes to that information the share of critical investigation the information deserves, and its truth or untruth thus becomes clear. However, if the soul is infected with partisanship for a particular opinion or sect, it accepts without a moment's hesitation the information that is agreeable to it. Prejudice and partisanship obscure the critical faculty and preclude critical investigation. The results is that falsehoods are accepted and transmitted.”
“Suspend judgment until you see the end of the situation.”
“Sometimes I couldn't help thinking that the unluckiest thing about being the thirteenth child was having all those older brothers and sisters telling me what to do.”

Source : Patricia C. Wrede (2012). “The Far West”, p.26, Scholastic Inc.
“Positive thinking is so firmly enshrined in our culture that knocking it is a little like attacking motherhood or apple pie.”

Source : "Why Positive Thinking Is Bad for You" by Srikumar S. Rao, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 16, 2010.
“Man was born into barbarism when killing his fellow man was a normal condition of existence. He became endowed with a conscience. And he has now reached the day when violence toward another human being must become as abhorrent as eating another's flesh.”
“I would do nightclubs and concerts - particularly concerts, which is mostly what I did - and only people who already agreed with me would show up. People weren't going to come and inadvertently turn on their television set and find this offensive stuff coming out.”

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