Born on February 16th

"You learn in this business: It you want a friend, get a dog."

"I enjoy the hunt much more than the 'good life' after the victory."

"Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like."

"When you have no one to answer to, vendetta as investment strategy is as legitimate as anything."

"In 2008, people who invested in hedge funds needed capital badly, but many of the funds would not return their money. However, I gave money back to any investor who requested it. It was the bottom of the market and a pretty tough time."

"I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards."

"My wife watches me like a hawk."

"Don't go in and tell somebody else how to run their business."

"I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it."

"It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up."

"I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes."

"The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present."

"Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness."

"To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment."

"Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you."

"Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore."

"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life."

"Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment - a means to an end."

"People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind."

"That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person."

"Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you."

"When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you."

"Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour."

"To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually."

"You are the universe, you aren't in the universe."

"Power over others is weakness disguised as strength."

"Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form."

"The personal ego already has a strong element of dysfunction, but the collective ego is, frequently, even more dysfunctional, to the point of absolute insanity."

"The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears."

"I believe that Jesus realized his oneness with God and he showed, what he attempted to do was show the way to all of us, how to realize our own onenes with God also, so he's a precursor."