This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

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

Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great compliment because it transmits the full flavor of liberation: it has assisted a number of our most gifted fellow humans in thinking previously impossible thoughts. -- Edsger Dijkstra, CACM, 15:10

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. -- Ferris Bueller

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

The minute you put the blame on someone else you’ve switch things from being a problem you can control to a problem outside of your control. -- engtech (internetducttape.com)

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. –Sheryl Sandberg

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Vidal Sassoon

Either you run the day, or the day runs you. –Jim Rohn

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ~Anonymous