The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. -- Cicero

Lisp programmers know the value of everything but the cost of nothing. -- Alan J. Perlis

Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline. -- Bill Clinton

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

A guideline in the process of stepwise refinement should be the principle to decompose decisions as much as possible, to untangle aspects which are only seemingly interdependent, and to defer those decisions which concern details of representation as long as possible. -- Niklaus Wirth

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. -- Donald Knuth

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~Anonymous

Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions. –Dalai Lama

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. –Booker T. Washington

You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing. ~Philippos