Working for a big company is, I believe, much risker than it looks.

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy

In the startup world, you're either a genius or an idiot. You're never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the day

In short, software is eating the world

My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.

All's fair in love, war and ride-sharing.

Innovation accelerates and compounds. Each point in front of you is bigger than anything that ever happened.

Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not.

Health care and education, in my view, are next up for fundamental software-based transformation.

A lot of things you want to do as part of daily life can now be done over the Internet.

People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do.

The light of compassion opens the petals of the heart. When the petals of the heart unfold fragrance spreads across the valley.

A man’s gift will give him freeway in the world

When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.

I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable.

People may surprise you with unexpected kindness. Dogs have a depth of loyalty that often we seem unworthy of. But the love of a cat is a blessing, a privilege in this world.

The Foxhall jaw has now been missing for many years.

Somebody once said it's the SOUL that matters

I'm here in the mountains, in the foothills of the Catskills.

I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.