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I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it.

— George Soros Interview with David Brancaccio (2003)

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Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.

Equilibrium itself has rarely been observed in real life — market prices have a notorious habit of fluctuating.

The Alchemy of Finance: Reading the mind of the Market (1987)

If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.

The Winning Investment Habits of Warren Buffett & George Soros (2006)

I consider Xi Jinping the most dangerous enemy of open societies in the world.

The development of a global economy has not been matched by the development of a global society.

The Crisis of Global Capitalism (1998)

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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