Top 43 Quotes by Ray Dalio

Demand is best measured in terms of spending. You know, I think in traditional economics, it's a mistake to measure it in terms of the quantity of goods.

I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.

If it didn't happen in your life before, then you're not paying attention you don't think it's possible. But almost all important events never happen in your life before.

When people get at each other's throat, the rich and the poor and the Left and the Right and so on, and you have a basic breakdown, that becomes very threatening.

I think so many people are reactive... they see things in a short term way they're right up against it.

I think that the first thing is you should have a strategic asset allocation mix that assumes that you don't know what the future is going to hold.

I pay about a third in taxes, I give away about a third, and I follow the law.

There are two main drivers of asset class returns - inflation and growth.

When growth is slower-than-expected, stocks go down. When inflation is higher-than-expected, bonds go down. When inflation is lower-than-expected, bonds go up.

Constantly probe the people who report to you, and encourage them to probe you.