“The awesome part about The Book of Awesome is the realization that if you enjoy the simple moments in your life, you will be happier.”

Get away from the place that makes you feel comfortable with your depression. The reality is it’s never as bad as the insanity you’ve created in your head.

The Internet’s a big enough place for everybody to be happy.

The worst thing in the world is to be bland.

We tell ourselves we’re here to be flexible and to be nimble, and not necessarily to stick to a master plan.

I’m always throwing out ideas, so it’s not creativity, it’s just volume.

The fact of the matter is that the Internet has brought together millions of people who trust one another for reasons that are unknown.

You need to put the fear of risk aside. Startups need leaders who are willing to persevere through the hard times. Failure is an option, and a real risk.

Only those who live forever can act like there’s time to waste.

Human nature has a tendency to admire complexity but reward simplicity.

Failure and risk are something entrepreneurs should understand well, and learn to manage. Don’t have a fear of talking about your failures. Don’t hide your mistakes.

Sonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.

The wave that realizes it is the sea, is forever free.

You got to realise that when I was 20 years old, I had a house, a Mercedes, a Corvette and a million dollars in the bank before I could buy alcohol legally.

You realize when you’re pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.

The problem was to sustain at any cost the feeling you had in the theater that you were watching a real person, yes, but an intense condensation of his experience, not simply a realistic series of episodes.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn’t work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.

At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that’s great, and that’s what makes you dynamic.

People have to realize that God has blessed me with power. He hasn’t got me this far for no reason. I feel like God has a plan for me in this sport. That’s how I have came up this fast.