If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.

Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.

Programming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals.

MS-DOS isn't dead, it just smells that way.

C++ is the best example of second-system effect since OS/360.

Politics /n/: from 'poly ticks', short for 'many small bloodsucking insects'.

A bit of tolerance is worth a megabyte of flamming.

Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better.

To err is human, but to really screw things up requires a design committee of bureaucrats.

Belief is no substitute for arithmetic.

Progress requires setbacks the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try.

Beauty should be the goal of your communication. Learn to speak with godly wisdom.

We will see every human beings as Christ and we will help Hindus to be better Hindus, Muslims to be better Muslims, and Christians to be better Christians"(Mother Teresa).

This moment in which you experience stillness is every moment. Don't let the mind seduce you into the past or future. Stay in the moment, and dare to consider that you can be free now.

Public school system status quo is indefensible.

Respect is the key determinant of high performance leadership. How much people respect you determines how well they perform.

Keep your heart with a chaste mind

That strange premature genius Chatterton has couched in one line the quintessence of what Voltaire has said in many pages: "Reason, a thorn in Revelation's side.

I am far less interested in serving as a change agent than in functioning as a prose artist, whether it's fiction or nonfiction.

People think about autism as something with kids. Well, those kids grow up.

Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?