So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

The most important thing in a computer system is the file system.

Science is a tool for empowerment, not control.

最有力的艺术往往来自边缘。

只要心意不放纵，就不会出现差错；只要用心不怠惰疏忽，就没有不能坚守的、随意放纵的志向。