Don’t be the smartest person in the room. Hangout with, and learn from, people smarter than yourself. Even better, find smart people who will disagree with you.
If you really want to succeed, then first forget about success and do what you love.
A society’s competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic tables, but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity.
Always plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.