To follow the path: look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master. -- Modern zen Poem

Any fool can make the simple complex, only a smart person can make the complex simple. -- unknown

We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when appropriate. We control complexity by establishing conventional interfaces that enable us to construct systems by combining standard, well-understood pieces in a ``mix and match'' way. We control complexity by establishing new languages for describing a design, each of which emphasizes particular aspects of the design and deemphasizes others. -- Alan J. Perlis

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all sentences short or avoid all detail and treat subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. -- William Strunk, Jr. (The Elements of Style)

Its a shame that the students of our generation grew up with windows and mice because that tainted our mindset not to think in terms of powerful tools. Some of us are just so tainted that we will never recover. -- Jeffrey Mark Siskind in comp.lang.lisp

Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. -- Martin Golding

Dream big and dare to fail. –Norman Vaughan

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. –Farrah Gray

The best revenge is massive success. –Frank Sinatra

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher