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I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.

I have been rich, and I have been broke. Some of it is my fault for choosing bad management and making bad investments. But that is life - we all take risks.

I have committed to giving away 80% of my wealth, much of it in India, but also in other countries.

My wealth came from growing businesses. I had wealth, but not liquidity. Basically I transferred illiquid shares of AIC for liquid shares of Manulife. Now I'm the biggest individual shareholder of Manulife.

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

I've become very successful over the years. I think I own among the greatest properties in the world.

I'm a wealth creator. I'm not interested in saving in the least. While I do spend a lot, I don't spend money like other billionaires. I'm probably quite unusual, albeit I do have some of the significant trappings. But I always try to make my assets work for a living.

Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is what matters most.

I hope to continue acquiring companies, not so much for the accumulation of wealth but because it's what I do well, and you always like to do what you do well.