“If things aren’t breaking, then you’re not moving fast enough. People learn by making mistakes.”

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.

People often say that it is easier to predict the way things are going to be 10 to 20 years in the future than to predict how it is going to be 3 years from now.

We also have a dog. His name’s Beast. He’s a sheepdog. He’s super cute. I love him.

People influence people. Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend.

What Facebook stands for in the world is giving people a voice and spreading ideas and rationalism.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser.

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.

Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn’t make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

Now just with memories, I can live happily with you.

Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.

If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life.