Thoughts

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
--Leonardo da Vinci.
From the known to the unknown, from the simple to the complex, one step at a time.
--De Nevers (from an unknown someone else).

If you can't solve your problem, solve an easier problem first.

Don't sweat the small stuff (and its all small stuff)
--Robert Eliot

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.
--Mark Twain

The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best medicine for despair is service. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired.
--Gordon B. Hinckley

Life

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in, <br/>
A minute to smile and an hour to weep in, <br/>
A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, <br/>
And never a laugh, but the moans come double; <br/>
And that is life. <br/><br/>

A crust and a corner that love makes precious,  <br/>
With a smile to warm and the tears to refresh us;  <br/>
And joy seems sweeter when cares come after,  <br/>
And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter;  <br/>
And that is life.  <br/><br/>
--Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
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To the engineer, all matter in the universe can be placed into one of two categories: <br/>(1) things that need to be
fixed, and, <br/>(2) things that will need to be fixed after you've had a few minutes to play with them. <br/><br/>
Engineers like to solve problems.  If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.
Normal people don't understand this concept; they believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. <br/><br/>
Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet. <br/><br/>
--Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle
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I am an old man now, and when I die and go to heaven there are <br>
two matters on which I hope for enlightenment <br>
One is quantum electrodynamics, and the other is the <br>
Turbulent motion of fluids. <br>
About the former I am rather optimistic. <br>
--Attr. to Horace Lamb
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