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

leveragepatienceKahn Brothers Group annual report, 1995

Risk is not knowing what you're doing.

researchriskKahn Brothers Group investor commentary, 2005

The stock market is a mechanism for transferring wealth from the impatient to the patient.

long-termpatienceInterview, The Wall Street Journal, 2009

You must be willing to hold a stock for years, sometimes decades, before it reaches its full value.

buy-and-holdintrinsic-valueKahn Brothers Group letter to clients, 2000

Benjamin Graham taught me that the key to investing is buying a dollar for fifty cents.

benjamin-grahammargin-of-safetyInterview, Forbes, 2012

I have seen many booms and busts. The lesson is always the same: prices always come back to value.

contrarianlong-termInterview, Barron's, 2013