Expert hackers are a tiny minority, admittedly, but that tiny minority write all the good software…

— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters

Euthyphro dilemma. The dilemma is this: is an action pious because it is loved by the gods, or is it loved by the gods because it is pious? If the former, then a good or pious action is whatever the gods want, perhaps including actions we might ordinarily think of as decidedly bad. If the latter, then a good or pious action can be defined without reference to the gods at all.

— Anja Publications, Philosophy Now

The worst theory of management is to not have one at all, but the second worst is one that doesn’t change.

— Will Larson, An Elegant Puzzle

…the person who had the most information about the unique situation that was my life, was me; the only one who could consistently make the decisions that were best for me, was also me.

— Roman Gelperin, The Master Mind of the Self-Actualizing Person

…the difficult lesson that you’re only ever as smart as the person you’re speaking with.

— Anja Publications, Philosophy Now