Lift up my eyes from the earth and let me not forget the uses of the stars.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

For the entire Desiderata go to Inspirational Poems page

Whether of not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Go Placidly, Amid the noise and Haste & Remember what peace there may be in silence.

May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit. Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions be such as will keep me friendly with myself.

Let me not follow in the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss.

I've done more than I thought I was ever going to do. I've had a very long and very satisfying career.

Things just always seem to lead to the logical next step.

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.

Nothing was, nothing will be, everything has reality and presence

Poetry's task is to increase the available stock of reality, R P Blackmur said.

Every law, every constitution, every regulative decision is based upon what people are discussing in their community. It's based upon our sum knowledge of history and the present.

What you believe and focus on becomes your reality.

Once I decided football was the way for me, there was no looking back. Nothing was going to distract me.

Transhumanism literally means "beyond human." It's using science and technology to radically change and improve the human species and experience.