Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: Common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance. -John C. Bogle.
You can't love a crowd the same way you can love a person. And a crowd can't love you the way a single person can love you. Intimacy doesn't scale. Not really. Intimacy is a one-on-one phenomenon. -Hugh Macleod.