Hiring people with diverse backgrounds brings in a flexibility of thought and openness to new ways of doing things, as opposed to hiring clones from business schools who have been taught a codified way of doing business.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top

Profit is what happens when you do everything else right.

We choose to believe that the granite is alive. If life is movement, then rock - with its atoms flying around like stars in cosmos - is alive.

The more you know, the less you need.

Mastery... is to work toward simplicity; replace complex technology with knowledge, hard work, and skill.

Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.