To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. -- Albert Einstein

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. -- Aristotle.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies, The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. -- C.S. Lewis

In general, we can think of data as defined by some collection of selectors and constructors, together with specified conditions that these procedures must fulfill in order to be a valid representation. -- SICP, What is meant by data?

State is the root of all evil. In particular functions with side effects should be avoided. -- OO Sucks (bluetail.com)

If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you! ~T. Harv Eker

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. –Ayn Rand

Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them. ~Vaibhav Shah

It is never too late to be what you might have been. –George Eliot