Facebook is not an unstoppable juggernaut. There are a lot of other things people can do on the web.

If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup.

Ideas that most people derided as ridiculous have produced the best outcomes. Don't do the obvious thing.

I generally blog between 5:30 A.M. and 7 A.M. I will from time to time add something during the day, but for the most part blogging is an early morning activity for me.

Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven.

The companies that do the best job on managing a user's privacy will be the companies that ultimately are the most successful.

Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it.

Markets come and go. Good business don't.

The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success

Investing in management means building communication systems, business processes, feedback, and routines that let you scale the business and team as efficiently as possible.

I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.

Are you following me?" she asks, but doesn't meet my gaze."Yeah, " I say."Why?"I give her the only honest and true answer I have. "You're where I want to be.

The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What else could I have done?

It is time to search out your uniqueness, applaud and acknowledge yourself, and let your own light shine.

It is not so important that many should be good as you, as that there be some absolute goodness somewhere; for that will leaven the whole lump.

In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.

The fundamental challenge of achieving anything you wish is first to convince yourself to do it. Once you are totally convinced of its value, you'll find a way to get it done.

Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.

No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict.