To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a master.

Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can.

Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria.

I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.

Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something.

You can use any editor you want, but remember that vi vi vi is the text editor of the beast.

Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.

Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine.

By the way, I hope you all know about the worldwide boycott of Coca Cola company for things like murdering union organizers in Colombia. See the site killercoke.org.

Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom.

Playfully doing something difficult, whether useful or not, that is hacking.

Intrapersonal communication is a reflection of your self-esteem.

God only speaks to those who understand the language

I think I always have been someone who likes to push at the edges of things, looking for something different.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

Let's not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.

A democracy can't succeed without people's participation. 'MyGov' empowers the people of India to contribute towards Surajya.

Economists can be called the worldly philosophers for they sought to embrace in a scheme of philosophy the most worldly of man's activities-his drive for wealth.

Yep, my daddy was an undependable drunk. But he'd never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays, or picnics. He may not have loved me perfectly, but he loved me as well as he could. (189)

False values begin with the worship of things.

War is not women's history.