"The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference."

"Just think of the opportunities we can unlock by making education as addictive as a video game. This type of experiential, addictive learning improves decision-making skills and increases the processing speed and spatial skills of the brain. When was the last time your child asked for help with a video game?"

"Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented the printing press and found a vaccine for polio."

"Stay focused on the mission."

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

"You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer."

"Wisdom principle 55 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 90."

"The art of living is discovering that the silence between the notes creates the music."