The Zen Of Python

I found these fantastic guiding principles of the design of Python published here by Tim Peters, and  once I saw them, I was like, Man! I ought to share these, so look them up on the site, or if you don't want to leave programming for COWARDS just yet, I'm quoting them here for you ;)  :

The Zen of Python


Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!

Those quotes are pure gold. One could think of writing them down on a board and keep that board hanged in front of his eyes, right above the computer screen!

Awesome, awesome stuff!