Most people are dead. Did you know that? It's true, out of all the people that ever were, almost all of them are dead.

When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don't get to decide that you didn't.

The greatest thing about having a child is putting yourself second in your own life. It's a massive gift to be able to say you're not the most important person to yourself.

I don't stop eating when I'm full. The meal isn't over when I'm full. It's over when I hate myself.

I have a lot of beliefs... and I live by none of them...

My kids used to love math. Now it makes them cry. Thanks standardized testing and common core!

When you have bacon in your mouth, it doesn't matter who's president.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Leave the dude alone and he'll figure it out.

Everything is amazing and nobody is happy

What happens after you die? Lot's of things happen after you die - they just don't involve you

One thing I learned from drinking is that if you ever go Christmas caroling, you should go with a group of people. And also go in mid-December.

Without roots a tree, no matter how tall, cannot stand.

A society with values, is a rich society.

Resilience is based on the ability to embrace the extremes -- while no becoming an extremist. ... **Most companies don't do paradox very well.**(emphasis by author)[2002] p.25f

The goal is not simply to 'work hard, play hard.' The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishable.

There's no problem so great it can't be solved. If it can't be solved, it's not a problem, it's reality.

Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!

You can't have self confidence without some real skills that enable you to be successful.

Doubt is faith's shadow.

I co-founded Duolingo with the mission of bringing free language education to the world.

May our lives be born from the beauty of darkness, and shine with the possibility of light.