Sometimes a slow gradual approach does more good than a large gesture.

Treat people like you want to be treated; live and let live; and also give the other person a break now and then.

Milestones aren't what I think about much.

Death is my exit strategy. I'll be doing significant customer service only as long as I live.

There's no genius behind it. It's persistence and listening to people.

The stuff that works best is driven by passion rather than dollars.

Follow through with basic values, and remember to provide good customer service.

I am committed to doing customer service for Craigslist for the rest of my life. The exit strategy is death.

In business, there are times when you disagree, and sometimes it turns out that you're just plain wrong. Humor takes away tension and helps you realize you're wrong.

Getting out of the way is really important.

Craigslist does serve as a platform where people help each other for the basics, and also, shows people that the Internet is good for mutual support. I do feel pretty good about that.

The true parents of creativity are curiosity and necessity.

Seek knowledge from the Cradle to the Grave

You can choose to believe whatever you wish

Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.

As to Bell's talking telegraph, it only creates interest in scientific circles, and, as a toy it is beautiful; but ... its commercial value will be limited.

The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach.

Human life is God's outer church. Its needs and urgencies are priests and pastors.

If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.

The economic answer to the world's problems is John Adams, not [Karl] Marx.

Gnostics can awaken to the real state of Illumination only through the understanding and elimination of dreams.