To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

在我看来，一种信仰只是一个信仰现象，信仰的内容无足轻重。

If you’re not willing to take risks, you’ll never create something truly remarkable.

I want you to know， it isn’t always clear in the beginning because as I said I had been on television since I was 19 years old. But around ’94 I got really clear. So don’t expect the clarity to come all at once， to know your purpose right away.

自由的目的是为了解放他人。

若是让他人看到言语能伤害你，你将永远无法摆脱被嘲弄的境地。如果他们给你取了绰号，你接受它，并把它做成你自己的专属。然后，他们将再也无法伤害到你了。

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.