…action will almost always tell you more than analysis before the fact.

— Peter Hollins, Mental Models

In loneliness, the lonely one eats himself; in a crowd, many eat him. Now choose.

— Friedrich Nietzsche, Assorted Opinions and Maxims

…mathematics is simply the discipline par excellence that draws the conclusions logically implied by any given set of axioms or postulates.

— Ernest Nagel, James R. Newman, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Godel’s Proof

Access to troves of information via the Internet has begun to show us that knowledge does not confer wisdom, and we long for wise leaders who have yet to appear.

— Peter J. Denning and Matti Tedre, Computational Thinking

The social order is a sacred right which serves as a foundation for all others. This right however, does not come from nature. It is therefore based on conventions.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract