We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

And I am revealed for exactly what I am - a particularly stupid fish, moving from hook to hook, never learning my lesson.

Working a Patent is not as easy as it sounds

Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating.

I like that - the "you-ish" character.

And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl.

I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than a machine.

Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.

Be loving and the love in your life will increase.