In these matters, as often in our culture, it is far, far better to be wrong in a respectable way than to be right for the wrong reasons.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

"NEVER accept "conventional wisdom" when it comes to finance. If others keep failing, why do you want to follow them?"

It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure is the true test of greatness. And if it be said, that continual success is a proof that a man wisely knows his powers, — it is only to be added, that, in that case, he knows them to be small. Let us believe it, then, once for all, that there is no hope for us in these smooth pleasing writers that know their powers.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. Originality is key.

Let us say that, in general, failure (and disconfirmation) are more informative than success and confirmation, which is why I claim that negative knowledge is just more robust.

It's better to be infamous than never to be famous at all.

In my mind, partial failure is always better than delusory success.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

It’s better to fail while striving for something wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain than to say, ‘I don’t want to try because I may not succeed completely.

It’s not that worldly achievement and public acclaim are automatically bad, it’s just that they are won on a planet that is just a resting place for the soul and not our final destination. Success here, acquired badly, can make ultimate success less likely, and that ultimate success is not achieved through competition with others.

Let us say that, in general, failure (and disconfirmation) are more informative than success and confirmation, which is why I claim that negative knowledge is just “more robust.

Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.

It’s Better to Fail at What You Love Than Fail at What You Don’t.