A writer’s job is to notice the things others miss.
"We are all prisoners of our own making, trapped by the stories we tell ourselves."
The only true voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.