Richard Branson

I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I – if I’m not interested in something, I don’t grasp it.

So I’ve seen life as one long learning process. And if I see – you know, if I fly on somebody else’s airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn’t in – 21 years ago, then I’d think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I’d like to fly on.

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

Only a fool never changes his mind.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

If you wish to clear away the clouds of thought, simply keep your mind in the present.

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.

One side of unhealthy relating is if you are always pursuing or always retreating.

We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity.

Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.

You are writing your children’s future with your answers.

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

If I’d known I’d live to be a 100 I’d have taken much better care of myself.

If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.

In matters of style, swim with the current;In matters of principle, stand like a rock.

If you need a miracle, be a miracle.

I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.

Who is wise? He who learns from all men.

If you really understand Zen, you can use any book, even the dictionary, because the sound of the rain needs no translation.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.