Workers of the world, the chains that bind you are not held in place by a ruling class, a "superior" race, by society, the state, or a leader. They are held in place by none other than yourself. Those who seek to exploit are not themselves free, for they place no value in freedom. Who is it that really employs you and commands you to pick up your daily load? And who is it that you allow to pass judgment on the adequacy of your toil? Who have you empowered to dangle the carrot before you and threaten with disapproval? Who, when you wake each morning, sends you off to what you call your work? Is there an "I want to" behind all your "I have to," or have you been so long forgotten to yourself that "I want" exists only as an idea in your head? If you have disconnected from your soul's desire and are drowning in an ocean of "have to," then rise up and overthrow your master. Begin the journey toward emancipation. Work only in such a way that you are truly self-employed. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

Functional programming is like describing your problem to a mathematician. Imperative programming is like giving instructions to an idiot. -- arcus, #scheme on Freenode

When your enemy is making a very serious mistake, don't be impolite and disturb him. -- Napoleon Bonaparte (allegedly)

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. -- Arthur C. Clarke

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -- Thomas Edison

Code is poetry. -- wordpress.org

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.~ Oscar Wilde

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. –Anais Nin

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. –Alice Walker