In the absence of contrary evidence, if a belief satisfies a human desire, that too is a practical consequence and therefore a legitimate basis for calling certain beliefs true.

— Martin Gardner, The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener

One reason we rush so quickly to the vulgar satisfactions of judgment, and love to revel in our righteous outrage, is that it spares us from the impotent pain of empathy, and the harder, messier work of understanding.

— TimKreider, We Learn Nothing

…to appreciate how a meritocracy works, you need to first recognize that not everyone is listened to equally.

— Jim Whitehurst and Gary Hamel, The Open Organization

Evil is also the gaze which sees evil everywhere around it

— Georg Wilkhelm Friedrich Hegel, The Phenomenology of Spirit

One reason to format the code in a uniform way is so that nobody can “own” a piece of code just by formatting it in his or her private way.

— Kevlin Henney, 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know