A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable.

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。

"In tennis, like in life, you have to keep moving forward—one point at a time."

"Color is emotion. Use it wisely to enhance the narrative."

The work of art is a whisper of the divine.