Creating abundance [is] not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility.

True disruption means threatening your existing product line and your past investments. Breakthrough products disrupt current lines of businesses.

The day before something is a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea.

Find that thing that you are passionate about, that you will do day or night whether someone pays you or not...because if you have that, you will have gold.

An expert is someone who can tell you exactly how it can't be done.

The only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing.

Small teams driven by their passion with a clear focus can do extraordinary things. Things that only large corporations and governments could do in the past.

Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.

The best way to become a billionaire is to help a billion people.

The meek shall inherit the earth. The rest of us are going to the stars.

If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs.

Poetry’s circular fulfillment was so persistent, when I was weak it gave me strength.

I definitely want to study film. I'd like to have my own studio one day and just make a lot of movies.

Therefore, all my adult life, since I began my life as an author, or as a teacher, I always try to listen to the victim.

When deciding between two competing theories, always go with the one that doesn't involve a magic spell.

I visited Eduardo Miura’s ranch in Seville where he raised bulls for bullfighting, and I was so impressed that by the time I got home I had already selected my future emblem.

Decision making can sometimes seem like inner civil war.

Chicago is a pretty good town.

In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell.

How does one get bored of life?

Being with my kids is really important to me, being a good dad and being around a lot.