It is literally impossible to produce a consistent result in a business that depends on extraordinary people.

A worker must win the hearts and affections of the people before he can do any effective work.

These three views of life are as follows: first, embracing the individual, or the animal view of life; second, embracing the society, or the pagan view of life; third, embracing the whole world, or the divine view of life.

After trauma, the world becomes sharply divided between those who know and those who don’t.

The importance of a strong founding team: Thiel believes that the founding team is crucial to the success of a startup. He advises entrepreneurs to carefully select co-founders who complement their skills and share their vision, as building a successful company is a challenging and long-term endeavor.

Prayer’s function is to set God at the center of your attention, and forget yourself and the impression you are making on others.

Once you start approaching your body with curiosity rather than with fear, everything shifts.

My rule of thumb is one ad, one objective.

We find our depth when we go directly into the hole, as Alice did. Wonderland is really the depths of the human soul, with its defiance of logic and all its radiant possibilities.

How can I be sure that I will live a life of integrity – and stay out of jail?