“Books allow you to fully explore a topic and immerse yourself in a deeper way than most media today. I’m looking forward to shifting more of my media diet towards reading books.”

I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that’s always existed.

By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent.

Young people are just smarter.

Simply put: we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services.

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

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.

Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.

The universe never allows you to be comfortable when you are limiting yourself.

Love yourself & don’t allow anyone to contaminate you.

Look at people like an unfinished work of art. Allow them to change, allow them to grow.

I wasn’t allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

You have to allow the paint to break to make it beautiful.

People might look at you a bit funny, but it’s okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different.

Freedom of mind allows us to keep receiving what we didn’t know we needed.