When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high-pilèd books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain;
When I behold, upon the night’s starred face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high...
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In 1998, Robert Bowman, a Vietnam War veteran gave his thoughts on why the United States seem to be the main target for terrorist attacks, and why America is especially hated the world over compared to other countries. This is what he said:
Tell...
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A moment too late, my beautiful bird,
A moment too late are you now;
The wind has your soft, downy nest disturbed—
The nest that you hung on the bough.
A moment too late; that string in your bill,
Would have fastened it firmly and strong;
But see,...
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I sat alone with my conscience,
In a place where time had ceased,
And we talked of my former living
In the land where the years increased;
And I felt I should have to answer
The question it might put to me,
And to face the question and answer...
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Lend a hand to one another
In the daily toil of life;
When we meet a weaker brother,
Let us help him in the strife.
There is none so rich but may,
In his turn, be forced to borrow;
And the poor man's lot to-day
May become our own to-morrow.
Lend a...
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In this world, there is a lot of deliberate misinformation floating around everywhere, particularly on the internet. There are countless people who are willing to lie for the purpose of selling a product or convince you of something untrue.
Now,...
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Could we but draw back the curtains
That surround each other's lives,
See the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives,
Often we should find it better,
Purer than we judged we should,
We should love each other better,
If we only...
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“I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological...
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Here’s an interesting form of murder we come up with: assassination.
You know what’s interesting about assassination? Well not only does it change those popularity polls in a big hurry, but it’s also interesting to notice who it is we...
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Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow —
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less...
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I think I'd like you better, Star,
If you were not so high and far,
So many friendly things are found
Quite near the ground.
I wonder if I saw you near
Would you appear
So very fine; I hope you would
Be just as pretty, bright, and good—
Not like...
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This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign,
Sails the unshadowed main,—
The venturous bark that flings
On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings
In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings,
And coral reefs lie bare,
Where the cold sea-maids rise...
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One of life’s best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between inconvenience and a problem.
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, or if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem.
Everything else is an inconvenience....
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Begin each day by telling yourself… today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will and selfishness.
All of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil.
But for my part, I have long...
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Every single day I get emails from aspiring writers asking my advice about how to become a writer, and here is the only advice I can give:
Don’t make stuff because you want to make money, it will never make you enough money.
Don’t make stuff...
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