I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."

小智慧不及大智慧，寿命短不及寿命长。怎么知道会是这样呢？有一种早上生的菌，活不过一天，不知道白天和黑夜；寒蝉春生夏死、夏生秋死，活不过一年，不知道春秋，这就叫短寿。楚国的南方有一种大树叫“冥灵”，以五百年为春，五百年为秋；上古有“大椿”树，以八千年为春，八千年为秋，这就叫长寿。

The writer must be a perpetual outsider, a critic of all power.

计算机科学家的主要挑战不是被自己制造的复杂性所迷惑。