“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” - Arthur C. Clarke Are we alone in the universe? This question has perplexed humanity since we’ve discovered our place among the stars, on a lonely planet in a seemingly infinite, boundless ex…
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-endi…
A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a dew From a convenient grass, And then hopped sidewise to the wall To let a beetle pass. He glanced with rapid eyes That hurried all abroad, — They looked like frightened bea…
The moon has a face like a clock in the hall; She shines on thieves on the garden wall, On streets and fields and harbour quays, And birdies asleep in the fork of the trees. The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse, The howling dog by the door of the house. The bat that lies in bed at noon, All lo…
Once upon a time, son, they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes: but now they only laugh with their teeth, while their ice-block-cold eyes search behind my shadow. There was a time indeed they used to shake hands with their hearts: but that’s gone, son. Now they shake hands wi…
For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen. Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible. Mankind's gre…
The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. Sing in the shower, dance to the radio, tell stories… Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you p…
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. And many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one’s lifetime. It liberates the vandal to travel––you n…
Scientists are like explorers, Using what they know and see To blaze a trail that, step by step, Will lead to new discoveries: Formulate, distill and focus, Narrow down, define the gist, Determine scope and pinpoint focus- This is your hypothesis. Gather all the stuff you need, To put in play the m…
Charles Bukowski tried his whole life to become a writer. After school he wrote hundreds of stories in the hopes that they would be published and be recognized, making it into his living, but it never quite happened. Disillusioned, he took a blue collar job in a Post Office, where he worked for 10…
If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. A man must constantly exceed his level. Be like water making its way throug…
I was coming home late from a friend’s house tonight, and on the drive back home I realized that I really liked the different vibes of a night-time ride. The familiar streets are vastly different from how they usually are during the day, not crowded and polluted but clear and free. The night air is…