"When an investor focuses on short-term investments, he or she is observing the variability of the portfolio, not the returns - in short, being fooled by randomness."

-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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“Let the Spirit be lacking, and there may be wisdom of words, but not the wisdom of God; the powers of oratory, but not the power of God; the demonstration of argument and the logic of the schools, but not the demonstration of the Holy Spirit, the all-convincing logic of His lightning flash, such as convinced Saul before the Damascus gate. When the Spirit was outpoured the disciples were all filled with power from on high, the most unlettered tongue could silence gainsayers, and with its new fire burn its way through obstacles as flames fanned by mighty winds sweep through forests.”
“A truly feminine woman should always retain a little air of mystery.”
“My parents were incredibly inclusive.”
“I fully understand some people don't believe it's possible for freedom and democracy to overcome this ideology of hatred. I understand that. I just happen to believe it is possible. And I believe it will happen.”
“Fulfillment in life is loving a good woman and killing a bad man.”
“It has been the bankers' destiny ... to find themselves on the dangerous edge of the world, pointing up the contradictions and cross-purposes. They are not often loved for it.”

Source : Anthony Sampson (1983). “The money lenders”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“It's a conflict of parallels.”
“Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.”

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