Do not accept anything because it comes from the mouth of a respected person. -- Buddha

You must always work not just within but below your means. If you can handle three elements, handle only two. If you can handle ten, then handle five. In that way the ones you do handle, you handle with more ease, more mastery and you create a feeling of strength in reserve. -- Pablo Picasso

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

All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection. -- Butler Lampson

Since programmers create programs out of nothing, imagination is our only limitation. Thus, in the world of programming, the hero is the one who has great vision. Paul Graham is one of our contemporary heroes. He has the ability to embrace the vision, and to express it plainly. His works are my favorites, especially the ones describing language design. He explains secrets of programming, languages, and human nature that can only be learned from the hacker experience. This book shows you his great vision, and tells you the truth about the nature of hacking. -- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator of Ruby

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. -- Winston Churchill

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If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. –Vincent Van Gogh

Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life. ~Dr. APJ Kalam

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. –Jamie Paolinetti