We now come to the decisive step of mathematical abstraction: we forget about what the symbols stand for. ...[The mathematician] need not be idle; there are many operations which he may carry out with these symbols, without ever having to look at the things they stand for. -- Hermann Weyl, The Mathematical Way of Thinking

We are the sum of our behaviours; excellence therefore is not an act but a habit. -- Aristotle.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -- Mark Twain

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

I had to learn how to teach less, so that more could be learned. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

Lisp is a programmable programming language. -- John Foderaro

We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret. ~Earl Nightingale

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to doDon’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. ~Jim Rohn

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~Truman Capote

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