The ethos of not fooling yourself is one of the best you could possibly have. It's powerful because it's so rare. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
There must be some wisdom in the folk saying: Its the strong swimmers who drown. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I'm right, and you're smart, and sooner or later you'll see I'm right. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Spend less than you make; always be saving something. Put it into a tax-deferred account. Over time, it will begin to amount… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It's the assets you have to worry about. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
To me, it's obvious that the winner has to bet very selectively. It's been obvious to me since very early in life.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
We’re partial to putting out large amounts of money where we won’t have to make another decision. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Any year that you don't destroy one of your best-loved ideas is probably a wasted year — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Almost all good businesses engage in 'pain today, gain tomorrow' activities. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
If you want good behavior, don't pay on a commission basis. Our judges aren't paid so much a case. We keep them pretty well… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group then to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I think time and time again, in reality, psychological notions and economic notions interplay, and the man who doesn't understand both is a damned… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I have what I call an iron prescription that helps me keep sane when I naturally drift toward preferring one ideology over another and… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The tax code gives you an enormous advantage if you can find some things you can just sit with. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The great lesson in microeconomics is to discriminate between when technology is going to help you and when it's going to kill you. And… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Some years ago one oil company bought a fertilizer company, and every other major oil company practically ran out and bought a fertilizer company.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
They [Mc Donalds] take people and give them a first job, which enables them to get a second job. They do a very good… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
We believe that almost all really good investment records will involve relatively little diversification. The basic idea that it was hard to find good… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
It is way less certain to be a wonderful business in the future. The threat is alternative mediums of information. Every newspaper is scrambling… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image