“You don’t need to have a 100 person company to develop that idea.”

If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things, you’re excited to get up in the morning.

Anyone can be able to achieve their dreams, and that’s what this organization does.

You need to get one thing done well, or else you don’t have permission to do anything else.

The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we’re a long, long way from that.

You may think using Google’s great, but I still think it’s terrible.

Technology should do the hard work so people can do the things that make them the happiest in life.

We have a mantra: don’t be evil, which is to do the best things we know how for our users, for our customers, for everyone. So I think if we were known for that, it would be a wonderful thing.

If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things.

Basically, our goal is to organize the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful.

We don’t have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.

We really care about our brand. We really want it to stand for high quality. We want people to be excited about it, for it to be fun.

Solving big problems is easier than solving little ones.

If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.

As we go forward, I hope we’re going to continue to use technology to make really big differences in how people live and work.

Find the leverage in the world so you can be truly lazy.

I like to ask a lot of questions to my employees, to learn about what they do and how they do.

Those who have safe and secure jobs pay more taxes than those who own the business that provides the jobs.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

The ability to sell is the number one skill in business. If you cannot sell, don’t bother thinking about becoming a business owner.

The philosophy of the rich and the poor is this: the rich invest their money and spend what is left. The poor spend their money and invest what is left.

If you want a solid future, you need to create it. You can take charge of your future only when you take control of your income source. You need your own business.

No one wants advice – only corroboration.

Free your heart from hatred – forgive. Free your mind from worries – most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.

Don’t be addicted to money. Work to learn. don’t work for money. Work for knowledge.