Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

“Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood.”

“My idea of the modern stoic sage is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into information, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.”

“Never take advice from someone who doesn't make a living playing the game they are advising you on. If they don't have skin in the game, their advice is not a map for your life—it is a list of their own wrong turns.”

“If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.”

“Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire. You want to be the fire and wish for the wind.”

“The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder.”

“True wealth: Worriless sleeping, clear conscience, reciprocal gratitude, absence of envy, muscle strength, frequent laughs, no meals alone, no gym classes, good digestive functions, no meeting rooms, periodic surprises, foamy coffee, crusty bread, ability to nap, access to a hammock.”