The art of programming is the art of organizing complexity, of mastering multitude and avoiding its bastard chaos as effectively as possible.

如果不符合现实，最优雅的理论也是无用的。

The only way to find yourself is to lose yourself in something greater.

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.