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Never borrow money to invest. It destroys patience, which is the only real edge a value investor has.

leveragepatience— Kahn Brothers Group annual report, 1995
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Risk is not knowing what you're doing.

researchrisk— Kahn Brothers Group investor commentary, 2005
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The stock market is a mechanism for transferring wealth from the impatient to the patient.

long-termpatience— Interview, The Wall Street Journal, 2009
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You must be willing to hold a stock for years, sometimes decades, before it reaches its full value.

buy-and-holdintrinsic-value— Kahn Brothers Group letter to clients, 2000
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Benjamin Graham taught me that the key to investing is buying a dollar for fifty cents.

benjamin-grahammargin-of-safety— Interview, Forbes, 2012
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I have seen many booms and busts. The lesson is always the same: prices always come back to value.

contrarianlong-term— Interview, Barron's, 2013