THE POWER OF QUOTES
At Bastiat Partners, we believe that quotes are a life hack—they encapsulate timeless principles in just a few words. In an ever-changing world, these concise lessons offer clarity, perspective, and inspiration. With this in mind, we’ve curated 15 quotes that we believe will resonate not only with investors but also with anyone seeking guidance and wisdom in their personal and professional lives.
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“In the sphere of economics an action, a habit, an institution or a law engenders not just one effect but a series of effects. Of these effects only the first is immediate; it is revealed simultaneously with its cause, it is seen. The others merely occur successively, they are not seen; we are lucky if we foresee them. The entire difference between a bad and a good Economist is apparent here. A bad one relies on the visible effect while the good one takes account both of the effect one can see and of those one must foresee. However, the difference between these is huge, for it almost always happens that when the immediate consequence is favorable the later consequences are disastrous, and vice versa.”
“The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
“What the pupil must learn, if he learns anything at all, is that the world will do most of the work for you, provided you cooperate with it by identifying how it really works and aligning with those realities. If we do not let the world teach us, it teaches us a lesson.”
“All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; and third, it is accepted as self-evident.”
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
“The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
“Understanding the often unconscious nature of genetic control is the first step toward understanding that—in many realms, not just sex—we’re all puppets, and our best hope for even partial liberation is to try to decipher the logic of the puppeteer.”
“Man discovers that he is nothing else than evolution become conscious of itself”
“If a factory is torn down but the rationality which produced it is left standing, then that rationality will simply produce another factory. If a revolution destroys a systematic government, but the systematic patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact, then those patterns will repeat themselves in the succeeding government. There’s so much talk about the system. And so little understanding.”
“The limits of my language means the limits of my world”
“Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.”
“Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.”
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
“Know Thyself”
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