"I don’t pretend to understand the Universe – it’s a great deal bigger than I am." ― Thomas Carlyle Topic(s): Poetry Tags: pretend, understand More From Thomas Carlyle "Clever men are good, but they are not the best." "War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle." "Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance – the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen." More In Poetry "It all has to do with art – writing, painting, things I’ve done for a long time but just never had enough time to pursue. I have poetry – things that are designed for songs, but they’re always poems first."― Jason Newsted "In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry."― Andrew Motion "For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ."― Christopher Smart