The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. -- Cicero

I was talking recently to a friend who teaches at MIT. His field is hot now and every year he is inundated by applications from would-be graduate students. "A lot of them seem smart," he said. "What I can't tell is whether they have any kind of taste." -- Paul Graham

If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. -- Mario Andretti

Functional programming is to algorithms as the ubiquitous little black dress is to women's fashion. -- Mark Tarver (of "The bipolar Lisp programmer" fame)

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -- Galileo Galilei

Heureux l'étudiant qui comme la Rivière peut suivre son cours sans quitter son lit... -- Sebastien, sur commentcamarche.net

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. ~Booker T. Washington

If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you! ~T. Harv Eker

No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.~ Anonymous

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. –George Addair