The easiest way to thrive as an outlier is to avoid being one. At least among your most treasured peers. Surround yourself with people in at least as much of a hurry, at least as inquisitive, at least as focused as you are.

If you're going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons.

We don't need more stuff, we need more humanity.

The habit of doing more than is necessary can only be earned through practice.

I think if your goal is for everything to be okay, that's a mistake. To achieve that goal, the only obstacle you'd have to face tomorrow is to eliminate all risk ... I've made the decision that I'm never trying to make everything okay. I'm trying for there to be more loose ends, not fewer loose ends.

The best experiences and the biggest ideas don't fit into a category. They change it.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.