The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.

The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full humility, and among other things he avoids clever tricks like the plague.

The pursuit of knowledge is a journey without end.

One isn't born one's self. One is born with mass of expectations, a mass of other people's ideas.

The best way to predict the future is to design it.