The true depth of understanding and maturity as a practitioner is how we apply what we've learned to our lives.

- David F. Swensen

Most active mutual funds are more interested in collecting fees than in boosting returns for investors.

- David F. Swensen

Jack Bogle's passionate cry of Enough! contains a thought-provoking litany of life lessons regarding our individual roles in commerce and society. Em…

- David F. Swensen

I've tried many other styles of yoga, but nothing has ever given me the same centeredness, energy, and internal balance that I feel when practicing A…

- David F. Swensen

Unless an investor has access to “incredibly high-qualified professionals,” they “should be 100 percent passive - that includes almost all individual…

- David F. Swensen

When you look at the results on an after-fee, after-tax basis over reasonably long periods of time, there's almost no chance that you end up beating …

- David F. Swensen

Don't let what other people say disturb your mind. Be happy.

- David F. Swensen

I think nobody is in a position to react to these big macro-issues. Where is the dollar going to be or what is G.D.P. growth going to be in China? Fo…

- David F. Swensen

A minuscule 4 percent of funds produce market-beating after-tax results with a scant 0.6 percent (annual) margin of gain. The 96 percent of funds tha…

- David F. Swensen