When you have a fortune that is almost hard to imagine, the best thing is not to pass that on to one's children. That distorts their life situation.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake.

I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft.

We get Comfort from those who agree with us, but we get Growth from only those who don't agree with us !

I have $100 billion... You realize I could spend $3 million a day, every day, for the next 100 years? And that's if I don't make another dime.

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize in positive ways to help society.

I am not in competition with anyone but myself. My goal is to improve myself continuously.

Vision without execution is daydreaming.

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age

It is not as if I want to be a princess. Since I was four years old I've spent every birthday, shooting star, wishbone, and lost eyelash wishing I did not have to be a princess!

The road to enlightenment is paved with authenticity, not imitation.

One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name.

Consciousness... I think we should think of it as something we do.

How deceitful hope may be, yet she carries us on pleasantly to the end of life.

[...]when two people have become present to each other, the waiting of one must be able to cross the narrow line between the living or dying of the other.

I think books can give rise to empowerment.

Outside the ring of dancing warriors with spears and axes stood wolves at a respectful distance, watching and waiting.

Time is totally perishable and cannot be stored. Yesterday's time is gone forever, and will never come back. Time is always in short supply. There is no substitute for time. Everything requires time.