When you receive criticism from well-meaning people, it pays to ask, ‘Are they right?’ And if they are, you need to adapt what they’re doing. If they’re not right, if you really have conviction that they’re not right, you need to have that long-term willingness to be misunderstood. It’s a key part of invention.

I never worked on the school newspaper.

What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives.

Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard.

You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you.

We change our tools and then our tools change us.

There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will need to experiment.