It is better to stir up a question without deciding it than to decide it without stirring it up

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

Everybody's going to be looking at these little bits and pieces and deciding what they like and don't like. There's enough attractive pieces in that business that quite a few people will express an interest.

[There are many other reasons for deciding to use Linux. But as I think about this question, I'm reminded of a poem by Robinson Jeffers entitled] The Beauty of Things. ... reasons, but not the reason.

The evening of a well-spent life brings its lamps with it.

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth