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

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.

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

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.

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.

...it's a good idea to remember that whenever there is a buy and a seller, somebody is wrong. Make sure it's not you

The essence of true education in one's life is to show the presence of mind, heart and soul to sense everything right.

I'm a New Testament Christian. I reject and throw out titles.

I have no friends. The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

One should refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs.

I'm into the true meaning of Christmas - Faith, Family, and Facial hair.

Only God knows that. He is the only one who knows. He is only one who will know. And he is the only one who does know.

Knowledge comes through likeness. And so because the soul may know everything, it is never at rest until it comes to the original idea, in which all things are one. And there it comes to rest in God.

The Coen Brothers, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro have really made something of themselves and impacted people. I'd love to work with them sometime, too.

Not everyone can see things the way you see it, so let go. You can't see everything the way they see it either, so let go again.