Go and try to start your own government in the United States today and you'll be squashed very quickly.

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.

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

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

It may not be an easy thing to live in sweet fellowship with all those with whom we come in contact

I just want the anger to go away...I want to be happy. I want to live.

You understand my music.

The point of books is to combat loneliness.

I live in the present. I only remember the past, and anticipate the future.

Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God give thee strength, O gentle trout, To pull the rascal in!

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

God just has his own agenda, and he does what he wants to do with stuff.

If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!

Life is short. Help more people.