The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

Perhaps computers are not alive by our strict definition of life. But no one can deny that they have evolved into an ever-deepening synergy, if not symbiosis, with us.

— Robert C. Martin, We, Programmers

…the most harmful dragon we chase is the one that makes us think we can change things that are simply not ours to change.

— Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way

Experimentation is the way to learn what works and doesn’t. Trying to avoid missteps in design will result in a lower quality result because it will be based on less experience. And it can easily take longer than a series of quick experiments.

— Eric Evans, Domain-Driven Design

…aim at fault tolerance instead of fault avoidance, because avoidance will not be fully successful.

— Jamie Allen, Reactive Design Patterns