"For me it was never about money,..." - Quote by Elon Musk
For me it was never about money, but solving problems for the future of humanity.
More by Elon Musk
“Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.”
“I'm increasingly inclined to think there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level just to make sure that we don't do something very foolish.”
“I usually describe myself as an engineer; that's basically what I've been doing since I was a kid.”
More on Purpose
“Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”
“I couldn't live without work. That's what makes me so sympathetic towards those people who are unemployed. I don't know how they live without working.”
“The more one lives alone on the river or in the open country, the clearer it becomes that nothing is more beautiful or great than to perform the ordinary duties of one's daily life simply and naturally.”
More on Humanity
“We are one people with one family. We all live in the same house... and through books, through information, we must find a way to say to people that we must lay down the burden of hate. For hate is too heavy a burden to bear.”
“Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, we will always find that the task itself arises only when the material conditions necessary for its solution already exist or are at least in the process of formation.”
“Peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of the people.”