Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost.

Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason.

Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.

Of all the virtues we can learn no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge.

I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.

-- Jeff Bezos

If you don't give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure.

-- Jack Ma

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

-- Elon Musk

If you want to do something great, you should not be afraid of suffering.

-- Jensen Huang

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

-- Steve Jobs

Only about one percent of my work truly succeeded. Ninety-nine percent was failure. That one percent made me who I am.

-- Sōichirō Honda