I'm just the smallest dot in a big map of human history.

Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible.

Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no one else is talking to.

Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions.

The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber.

Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion.

It got a little stressful in my first two years of high school, trying to make conference calls with investors in between classes, but I definitely learned a lot of important time-management lessons.

I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.

If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea.

Sometimes Plan B can have the same desired outcome, but a different path for getting there.

I really focused on three things in high school - my company, basketball and my school work.

Waiting is painful, testing and arduous. It makes us restless, but finally, when it rains after months of blazing heat, the feeling is too miraculous to capture in words.

Sufis are keys to open up hearts.

I don't know what the word is in Austrian.

I kill kings and presidents first, and next all capitalists.

Bosnia is a country of hatred and fear.

Instead of the animistic, mechanistic, or the mathematical universe, we see the genetic, organic, holistic universe.

Resolved to live with all my might while I do live, and as I shall wish I had done ten thousand years hence.

I'm training everyday, even though I should be resting.

News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.

I do play soccer, but it's exhausting in a way.