Autonomy, adventure, imagination: entrepreneurshi p comprehends all this and more for us. The characteristic art form of our age may be the business plan.

People don't mind being in prison as long as no one else is free. But stage a jailbreak, and everybody else freaks out.

If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts.

But it is not the job of truth to make us feel good. It is the job of truth to be true, and it is our job to deal with it.

If you're oblivious to other people, chances are pretty good that you're going to hurt them.

Don't play it safe. Resist the seductions of the cowardly values our society has come to prize so highly: comfort, convenience, security, predictability, control. These, too, are nets. Above all, resist the fear of failure. Yes, you will make mistakes. But they will be your mistakes, not someone else's. And you will survive them, and you will know yourself better for having made them, and you will be a fuller and a stronger person.

People’s stories are the most personal thing they have, and paying attention to those stories is just about the most important thing you can do for them.