"The vocation of being a 'protector' [. . .] means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world, as the Book of Genesis tells us and as Saint Francis of Assisi showed us [. . .] In the end, everything has been entrusted to our protection, and all of us are responsible for it. Be protectors of God’s gifts!"

“Look, lovers: almost separately they come towards us through the flowery grass and slowly; parting's so far from thought of, they indulge the extravagance of walking unembraced.”

“The more we die, the stronger we will become”

“Paper money is liable to be abused, has been, is, and forever will be abused, in every country in which it is permitted.”

“In the information age, the barriers [to entry into programming] just aren't there. The barriers are self imposed. If you want to set off and go develop some grand new thing, you don't need millions of dollars of capitalization. You need enough pizza and Diet Coke to stick in your refrigerator, a cheap PC to work on, and the dedication to go through with it. We slept on floors. We waded across rivers.”

Source : "Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture". Book by David Kushner, May 6, 2003.

“That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.”

Source : Willa Cather (2011). “My Ántonia (我的安東妮亞)”, p.46, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

“Enjoy the now. Time flies, enjoy it while you can.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

“You know, Leonard Cohen is amazing, just a mastermind, and really one of the great geniuses of our time.”

Source : "Virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro Takes Ukulele Seriously". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Jennifer Ludden, www.npr.org. January 1, 2011.

“Confident and courageous leaders have no problems pointing out their own weaknesses and ignorance.”