Quotes

Comics

The measure of man lies not in what he says but in what he does. – Johnatan KENT

Fiction

Si on n'est pas prêt à tout, on n'est prêt à rien. – Paul AUSTER.

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night. – Marilyn MONROE

Science

These quote are attributed to Einstein but I am not convinced.

You can't blame gravity for falling in love.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

These, however, are probably from Einstein.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost. – Albert EINSTEIN

Education

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a dolphin by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. – Anonymous

Professional advice

Do all the useless baggage stuff like writing thank-you emails whenever someone notifies you of an error, respond when it’s fixed, and no matter if they care or not, write a quick one-minute explanation of why the error happened in the first place and how you fixed it. – keypressmonkey

Life Style

These are inspirational philosophy [but not empirically approved in class room].

Growth mindset is about meaningful and purposed efforts. – Carol DWECK

Grit is passion and sustained persistence applied toward long-term achievement, with no particular concern for rewards or recognition along the way. – Angela DUCKWORTH

There should be a mixed between targeted skills [with clear steps to achieve them] and efforts.

Deliberated practice is the key to mastery.

Computer Science

I don't know, I don't want to know. (Rich Hickey)

In C++ and now in Haskell, we used to say that If it compiles, it is probably correct. It was as true then, as it is now. (Rich Hickey)

Programmers know the benefits of everything and the tradeoffs of nothing. (Rich Hickey)

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