“I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.” 

“good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws” 

“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.” 

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” 

I really don't like women who try to be men. All these politicians, I think they're horrendous. We could have a brilliant future, but we have this terrible male vision of destroying everything. They'd better sort themselves out and become more womanly.

More people should read books. It's the most concentrated experience you can have.

I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left.

The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

Here is a secret that no one has told you: Real life is junior high.

“No-one is equal to anything. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.” 

“It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”

“Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.”

“I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any other vice.”

“Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries.”

“All right, then, I'll go to hell.”

Success is the enemy of learning. It can deprive you of the time and the incentive to start over. Beginner’s mind also needs beginner’s time.

Generally, most people will make the mistake of paying too much attention to the competition and being too much like the competition and not being authentic enough.

Surround yourself with the best people possible. If there’s someone greater out there to work with, go work with them.

Meetings should really be phone calls, phone call should be emails, and phone calls should just be texts.

You’re never going to be the best in the world at anything unless it’s something that you just absolutely love to do.

In well-functioning teams, each individual has high accountability for their part.

Give society what it doesn’t how how to get.

Solve via iteration. Then get paid via repetition.