Wisdom Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Reality is far more vicious than Russian roulette. First, it delivers the fatal bullet rather infrequently, like a revolver that would have hundreds, even thousands of chambers instead of six. After a few dozen tries, one forgets about the existence of a bullet, under a numbing false sense of security. Second, unlike a well-defined precise game like Russian roulette, where the risks are visible to anyone capable of multiplying and dividing by six, one does not observe the barrel of reality. One is capable of unwittingly playing Russian roulette - and calling it by some alternative “low risk” game.”

“They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom.”

“A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see”

“Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.”

“Things always become obvious after the fact”

“A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see”

“Nothing is as fragile as a system built on obedience. One frightened whisper can topple it.”

“Man is, by nature, a slave of numbers; by nurture, a slave of slaves.”

“What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?”

“Oh, come with old Khayyàm, and leave the Wise”

“Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives”