Failure is inevitable. If you aren't taking risks, then you won't fail.

'It's much better to understand than to be understood,' from my mom.

I enjoy working out. That is important for me. Whether it's a hike with my dog or an hour at the gym, I like to maintain an active lifestyle.

As an artist, I'm really inspired by everything around me - from travel and art, to friends and family, social voices in media and politics. I get a lot of inspiration from daily life.

I think it is important to stay open to the world around you, so that you are constantly in a state of growth and evolution, which can only happen through inspiration.

I'm a risk taker, so I have come to accept that at times I will fail. To me, that is better than not trying at all.

A friend who will never fail is the one who will stand by you regardless of the situation, time or location.

Scary discovery of the day: Most people who RT @yokoono's tweets do so without irony.

From now on, the technology companies that succeed will be those that have developed skills at listening and a sophisticated understanding of their customers' industries.

I fear - as far as I can tell - that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training.

It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work.

The final cause of law is the welfare of society.

I kind of hate the fact that people are always trying to put you into a category. I hate walls, and I hate boundaries. I don't like that. I listen to everything.

It's not so difficult to acknowledge that we lack wisdom. When we pray and seek God's wisdom with a longing for a deeper fullness of the life of Christ, then we will always find something to pursue.

It would be very hard for me to do things somebody else's way.

In many churches, the message of justification- how to get right with God- is preached over and over again. But much less is said about sanctification- how to live after you're converted.