A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer unusable.
艺术是永恒的，生命是短暂的。
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
"Violence is like a stone thrown into a pond; the ripples spread far beyond the initial splash."
We are all of us made by what we have lost as much as by what we have gained.