If you need scale in order to create value, it's hard to get scale, because there's little incentive for the first people to use the product.

You have to solve a problem that people actually have. But it's not always a problem that they know they have, so that's tricky.

Keep an idea log where you write everything down, even the bad ideas.

Reduce. Do as little as possible to get what you have to get done.

Every decision has a cost. Do I have to make this decision at all or can I move on to the next thing? What we decided to leave out is almost as important as what we put in.

We did a variant of the intern thing. We hired people as consultants for a specific thing and then if they were good, offered them a job.

SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1954) 'Without compassion a man is no longer human.' So states Taira.

Falling in love is easy. Fools fall in love all the time. Staying in love is the test of time and the gift you give to one another daily….

Great people do not struggle for their position

I'm a competitive person but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.

If I keep my good character, I shall be rich enough.

There is no radical or moderate Islam. There is only one Islam and that is the Islam from the Koran, the holy book. That is the Islam from Mohammed. There are no two sorts of Islam.

Courage! Do not fall back.

On one hand, it is very important that democracy and human rights be defended across borders. But it is also very important to respect the right of each country to choose its own path.

Today, what is important for us is to realize that the old sacred ways are correct, and that if we do not follow them we will be lost and without a guide.

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.