251 Quotes by Hank Green

The most impactful thing you can do with power is almost always to give it away.

We all want to be in the room where it happens, we want to be part of the things that matter to us, but no two people have the exact same collection of things that matter. Nowadays, I don't so much want to be in the room where it happens, but I do really want to help other people choose the right rooms, and help them realize that they really are a part of things that matter. Because when we feel like none of the rooms we are in matter, that's when we're really lost.

God cares for everyone, but society is supposed to as well. We strive to live in a world that places tremendous, even infinite value on a single human life. We do not live in that society.

You will always struggle with not feeling productive until you accept that your own joy can be something you produce. It is not the only thing you will make, nor should it be, but it is something valuable and beautiful.

You have to have enough before you can realise that more isn't going to make you much happier.That happens with audience, and that happens with money.And eventually you get to a point (and not everyone gets here), [where it's no longer about the audience or the money anymore and instead it turns to] "What's FUN though? What do I LIKE doing? What is the weird thing I can do that's interesting?

I think that this is ultimately why we want money: It's to create a world that you prefer.To create an environment, to create an experience that you enjoy more. It might be shoes - it might be charity. By giving to charity, I'm just buying the world I would prefer. Because that world gives you more joy, more happiness. And it's a more stable world for the future and for my children.

It's important to remember that we all change each other's minds all the time. Any good story is a mind-altering substance.

that's what power is. It's just ability and desire without restriction.

The solution is, everywhere and always, the decentralization and redistribution of all forms of power.