As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

You are not your resume, you are your work.

My brain was so noisy and opinionated that it drowned out my heart.

Creativity is a gift. It doesn't come through if the air is cluttered.

Church was never meant to be a place for gods to gather, but for devils wanting to shed their horns for halos.

An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

As soon as I got the Nobel Prize my back collapsed and I was in hospital.

Please reduce the expectation in your tone when asking me how my day is going.

I've got a dad who jumps out of an airplane.

Nothing is eternally stable, and even Kansas isn't really in Kansas anymore. The earth is in a constant state of flux.

To a great experience one thing is essential, an experiencing nature.