Do you want to sell sugared water all your life or do you want to change the world? -- Steve Jobs, to John Sculley (former Pepsi executive)

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

Remember that you are humans in the first place and only after that programmers. -- Alexandru Vancea

As builders and creators finding the perfect solution should not be our main goal. We should find the perfect problem. -- Isaac (blog comment)

Humans differ from animals to the degree that they are not merely an end result of their conditioning, but are able to reflect on their experiences and strategies, and apply insight to make changes in the way they live to modify the outcome. -- SlideTrombone (comment on "Programming can ruin your life")

Good coders code, great reuse. -- http://www.catonmat.net

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky

Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. –Jesus

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. ~Jane Smiley

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