Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. -- Alfred North Whitehead (Introduction to Mathematics)

Be the change you want to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi

Humans differ from animals to the degree that they are not merely an end result of their conditioning, but are able to reflect on their experiences and strategies, and apply insight to make changes in the way they live to modify the outcome. -- SlideTrombone (comment on "Programming can ruin your life")

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Premature abstraction is an equally grevious sin as premature optimization. -- Keith Devens

Making All Software Into Tools Reduces Risk. -- smoothspan.com

Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions. –Dalai Lama

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. ~Jane Smiley

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. –Beverly Sills

Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. –Gloria Steinem