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The joy of discovery is one of the best things about being a software developer.

Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

The programmer has to be able to think in terms of conceptual hierarchies that are much deeper than a single mind ever needed to face before.

Things that are impossible just take longer than the things that are possible.

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

We are each of us like our little blue planet, hung in black space, upheld by nothing but our mutual reassurances, our loving lies.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Every great developer you know got there by solving problems they were unqualified to solve until they actually did it.

Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.

Heroes who make enormous sacrifices for others are “inspiring,” but when it comes to motivating real-world behavior, research shows that the best way to get people to do something good is to tell them that their neighbors are already doing it.

Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window.

A primary cause of complexity is that software vendors uncritically adopt almost any feature that users want.

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.

The main point is that the only person who knows what a successful life looks like for you, is you.

The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.