The purpose of all these illustrations is to direct the seeker's mind towards the one reality underlying them all.

Abstraction is the key to managing complexity in software systems.

作家不过是一个用文字代替摇鼓和鼓声的萨满。

The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus.

The best way to scale a program is to scale it.

 如果一个人从确定性开始，最终将陷入怀疑；但如果他愿意从怀疑开始，最终将得到确定性。