“Give people their freedom back!”

The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.

Talent is extremely important. It’s like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there’s a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.

There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.

When space travel becomes as common as air travel, the future of civilization will be assured.

You shouldn’t do things differently just because they’re different. They need to be better.

I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Never trust cynics, as they excuse their own bad deeds by telling themselves everyone does it.

Elevator music is underrated.

I read books and talked to people. I mean that’s kind of how one learns anything. There’s lots of great books out there & lots of smart people.

I always like going South; somehow, it feels like going downhill.

It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done.

The extension of life beyond Earth is the most important thing we can do as a species.

Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.

I hate writing about personal stuff. I don’t have a Facebook page. I don’t use my Twitter account. I am familiar with both, but I don’t use them.

The only reason I was able to accomplish things is the great people willing to work with me.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

We are never free from what we choose to ignore.

You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

The path of minimalism gives you the freedom to explore yourself.

Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.

I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.

War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.

We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle.