The best farmers don't just raise animals; they cultivate ecosystems.

So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.

The energy crisis is a solvable problem—if we act now.

The microbe is nothing; the terrain is everything.

The only thing that matters is the work. If you focus on the work, everything else will fall into place.

It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.