“A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.”

I think there’s confusion around what the point of social networks is.

Connected is helping people stay in touch and maintain empathy for each other, and bandwidth.

I’m here to build something for the long-term. Anything else is a distraction.

The trick isn’t adding stuff, it’s taking away.

I’m grateful to my mother for raising me with love and to all mothers out there for the important and challenging work you do every single day to make your family and the whole world a little bit better.

People can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don’t really believe in it, then they are not going to really work hard.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building stuff that they’re proud of.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand.

There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future.

My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.

Give everyone the power to share anything with anyone.

In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Virtual Reality is going to be an important technology. I am pretty confident about this.

A guy who makes a new chair doesn’t owe money to everyone who ever built a chair.

Hollywood has nothing to do with real life.

Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.

I’m going to live forever. Geniuses don’t die.

If I relaxed, if I took my foot off the gas, I would probably die.

Each time we don’t say what we wanna say, we’re dying.

I have died many times. I have actually beaten Jesus Christ because he only died once.

You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.

Before I die many will die with me and they’ll deserve it. See you in Hell.

Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?

I don’t want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go.