Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)

No problem should ever have to be solved twice. -- Eric S. Raymond, How to become a hacker

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

Thus, programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. -- Alan J. Perlis

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Normality is the route to nowhere. -- Ridderstrale & Nordstorm, Funky Business

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~John R. Wooden

Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. ~Albert Einstein

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. ~Washington Irving

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