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It's your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Quote of the Week 52 " It's your road, and yours alone. O thers may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you. " ― Dsch alāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (Rumi)

Knowledge is having the right answers. Intelligence is asking the right questions. Wisdom is knowing when to ask the right questions.

Quote of the Week 51 " Knowledge is having the right answers. Intelligence is asking the right questions. Wisdom is knowing when to ask the right questions." ―  A @ProfFeynman tweet Source: Tweet

All complex systems that work, evolved from simpler systems that worked.

Quote of the Week 50 " All complex systems that work, evolved from simpler systems that worked. " ―  Gall's Law Referenced by Werner Vogels in his recent AWS re:Invent 2021 keynote . Full quote according to Wikipedia : " A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system. "

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

Quote of the Week 49 " Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born. " ―  Nikola Tesla Cited here in context: " The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. No big laboratory is needed in which to think. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born."