In programming, everything we do is a special case of something more general -- and often we know it too quickly.

The poor don’t need handouts; they need ladders.

Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.

人生苦短，必须快乐。

只要继续这种幻觉是有利可图的，自由的幻觉就会继续。

真理常常被掩埋在深深的沉默中。

抽象是管理大型软件系统复杂性的关键。