"It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true."

"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."

"Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government."

"The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good."

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

"The secret of happiness is this: Let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather that hostile."

"A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well."

"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once."

"Those who do not understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it -- badly."

"It's compassion that makes gods of us."

"Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating."

"What Every Computer Consultant Needs to Know: 1) In case of doubt, make it sound convincing. 2) Do not believe in miracles. Rely on them."