Be an enzyme - a catalyst for change. As a slogan, I don't know if that's ever going to be right up there with Ich Bin Ein Berliner, or “I Have A Dream,” but there's a lot of truth to it.

I built a system simple enough to sustain itself.

We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger numbers of people.

When I started eBay, it was a hobby, an experiment to see if people could use the Internet to be empowered through access to an efficient market. I actually wasn't thinking about it in terms of a social impact. It was really about helping people connect around a sphere of interest so they could do business.

Give the individual the power to be a producer as well as a consumer.

Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power.

I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion.