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.

〈三民主义大旨〉，在广州中国国民党本部特设办事处成立会的演说，1921年3月6日

Take one simple thing — almost anything — but take it extremely seriously， as if it was the only thing in the world， or maybe the entire world is in it — and by taking it seriously you’ll light up the sky.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

I believe in the passion of creation and the power of dreams.