“Real education opens up the mind to the vast world of possibilities and potential.”

“Directing the mind to stay in the present can be a formidable task.”

“We are more in control of how much we know than we are of how much we have.”

“Every subject is much easier than the people who wish to make money teaching it would have you know. So, for every single subject that can be systematized, there is a systematization that allows you to get 80% percent of the power with probably 5 or 10% of the effort. So the key question is that you have to prove that you have the superpower to rearrange the subject, to disintermediate the people who get paid for teaching it – which will always push you towards mastery, which is a question of getting the last 2 or 3% out of the system. And so the good news is that you can rearrange any subject to learn most of it very, very quickly. The bad news is that it will feel terrible because you will be told that you are doing the wrong thing and dooming yourself to a life of mediocrity as a jack of many trades, master of none – but in fact, the problem is that the jack of one trade is the connector of none. Good luck!”

“Knowledge could be very dangerous or very helpful, depends on what kind of knowledge and who uses it.”

“La educacion es el progresivo descubrimiento de nuestra propia ignorancia.”

“Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.”

“Our lives are mere flashes of light in an infinitely empty universe. In 12 years of education the most important lesson I have learned is that what we see as “normal” living is truly a travesty of our potential. In a society so governed by superficiality, appearances, and petty economics, dreams are more real than anything anything in the “real world”. Refuse normalcy. Beauty is everywhere, love is endless, and joy bleeds from our everyday existence. Embrace it. I love all of you, all my friends, family, and community. I am ceaselessly grateful from the bottom of my heart for everyone. The only thing I can ask of you is to stay free of materialism. Remember that every day contains a universe of potential; exhaust it. Live and love so immensely that when death comes there is nothing left for him to take. Wealth is love, music, sports, learning, family and freedom. Above all, stay gold.”

“Education is limited. Knowledge is infinite. Never stop learning.”

“Knowledge is important, but understanding is everything”

“Learn from spiders. Sometimes you need to walk sideways”

“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then…do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.”

“Wrote my way out of the hood…thought my way out of poverty! Don’t tell me that knowledge isn’t power. Education changes everything.”