Bob Kahn

"Strength comes from accepting limitations and working within them creatively."

"Fear of the unknown drives innovation forward."

"Power is most responsibly used when you're willing to limit your own."

"Money follows solutions; don't chase money chasing solutions."

"Health of technology depends on continuous evolution."

"Adventure requires maps; innovation requires vision."

"Imagination is where every technology begins."

"Philosophy asks why; engineering asks how; wisdom knows when to ask each."

"Politics of standards is how we decide what everyone agrees on."

"War between competing standards teaches us that collaboration is cheaper."

"Motivation sustained by purpose lasts longer than motivation by reward."

"Inspiration is contagious among people who care deeply."

"Relationships are the infrastructure of all human progress."

"Solitude is productive only if you're solving real problems."

"The best educators are those who make you forget you're being taught."

"Knowledge that's not shared is knowledge lost."

"Time is the resource we have least control over; use it wisely."

"Truth in data requires good faith in measurement."

"Freedom requires constant vigilance against those who would limit it."

"Peace between systems comes from clear protocols."

"Nature is the best teacher if you're patient enough to listen."

"Art is what makes science worth doing."

"The internet works because of agreements we make about how packets should be formatted and routed."

"Without standards, we cannot scale innovation."

"Every protocol is really a conversation between machines about how to understand each other."

"The beauty of a distributed network is that no single point of failure can bring it down."

"We built the internet to be resilient, and that resilience comes from thoughtful design."

"Information wants to flow freely, but it needs infrastructure to do so reliably."

"A good standard is invisible—people don't think about it, they just use it."

"The challenges we face in networking today are really challenges in human coordination."