Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

We're here to make a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why even be here? We're creating a completely new consciousness, like an artist or a poet. That’s how you have to think of this. We're rewriting the history of human thought with what we're doing.

Learn continually - there's always "one more thing" to learn!

Don't just live a life; build one.

Focus and simplicity...once you get there, you can move mountains.

the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

Customers don't measure you on how hard you tried, they measure you on what you deliver.

To go forward you have to leave something behind

Everything is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period.

Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.

Strategy is figuring out what not to do.

I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and intellectual logical analysis. Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion. That's had a big impact on my work.

To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.

Innovation is usually the result of connections of past experiences. But if you have the same experiences as everyone else, you are unlikely to look in a different direction.

If you want to hire great people and have them stay, you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have to win.

[In school] I encountered authority of a different kind than I had ever encountered before, and I did not like it. And they really almost got me. They came close to really beating any curiosity out of me.