A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing. -- Alan Perlis
Philosophy: the finding of bad reasons for what one believes by instinct. -- Brave New World (paraphrased)
To solve your problems you must learn new skills, adapt new thought patterns, and become a different person than you were before that problem. God has crafted you for success. In the middle of every adversity lie your best opportunities. Discover it, build upon it and move forward in your journey to live an extraordinary life. You owe it to yourself to live a great life. Don’t let negative thoughts pull you down. Be grateful and open to learn and grow. -- http://secretsofstudying.com/
The only thing a man should ever be 100% convinced of is his own ignorance. -- DJ MacLean
As builders and creators finding the perfect solution should not be our main goal. We should find the perfect problem. -- Isaac (blog comment)
We now come to the decisive step of mathematical abstraction: we forget about what the symbols stand for. ...[The mathematician] need not be idle; there are many operations which he may carry out with these symbols, without ever having to look at the things they stand for. -- Hermann Weyl, The Mathematical Way of Thinking
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. –Henry Ford
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher
Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them. ~Vaibhav Shah