Chance favors the prepared mind. -- Louis Pasteur

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. -- Hans Hofmann

The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak. -- J. B. Bossuet, Politics from Holy Writ, 1709

It’s a problem if the design doesn’t let you add features at a later date. If you have to redo a program, the hours you spend can cause you to lose your competitive edge. A flexible program demonstrates the difference between a good designer and someone who is just getting a piece of code out. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

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

Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. – Ancient Indian Proverb

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. –Theodore Roosevelt

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

Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life. ~Dr. APJ Kalam