God is as real as a station wagon.

...it's just as bad to live in a place where what you do see isn't there as it is to live in one where what you don't see is.

Time is what the clock says.

I like feeling a sense of unity with the crowd even though everybody might be thinking something different.

My focus in 2010 was on just running fast races. My focus in 2011 was for winning at the World Championships. This year has been a combination of the two so we'll see what kind of time it brings.

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.

A man of supreme folly: his life flies away while he is merely hoping to enjoy it.

We have to start from the fact that there are always alternatives to violence.

You can be fearful or fearless...I chose the latter

We've seen a lot of data at YC now, and the most successful companies and the ones where the investors do the best... end up giving a lot of stock out to employees- year after year after year.

It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.