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

I think it is wise, and only honest, to warn you that my goal is immodest. It is not my purpose to "transfer knowledge" to you that, subsequently, you can forget again. My purpose is no less than to effectuate in each of you a noticeable, irreversable change. I want you to gain, for the rest of your lives, the insight that beautiful proofs are not "found" by trial anf error but are the result of a consciously applied design discipline. I want you to raise your quality standards. I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself "Dijkstra would not have liked this", well, that would be enough immortality for me. -- E. W. Dijkstra

Je crois au flooding. -- Karim BAINA (en parlant du dailogue avec les administrations)

Good programmers use their brains, but good guidelines save us having to think out every case. -- Francis Glassborow

I think the root of your mistake is saying that macros don't scale to larger groups. The real truth is that macros don't scale to stupider groups. -- Paul Graham, on the Lightweight Languages mailing list.

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. -- Dr. Seuss

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. ~John D. Rockefeller

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso

Success is...knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. ~ John C. Maxwell

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal