We must move into the universe. Mankind must save itself. We must escape the danger of war and politics. We must become astronauts and go out into the universe and discover the God in ourselves.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the need for humanity to transcend earthly conflicts and explore the universe for deeper understanding and self-discovery.
Ray Bradbury's quote encourages mankind to seek higher understanding and growth beyond the confines of war and political strife. By suggesting that we must become astronauts and explore the universe, he underlines the idea that true enlightenment and self-realization lie in looking outward into the cosmos, ultimately inviting a journey of discovery that can lead to a better future.
In practice
In a motivational speech about innovation and exploration.
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)
I never went to college, so I went to the library.
There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.
I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.
The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health.
You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank.
We are constantly - in order to cope with painful realities - shuffling through third-rate, half-remembered fantasies taken from movies, from TV, from people we admire. We do this individually, we do it collectively - we tell stories to escape our most painful truths.
People talk about places like Mumbai as a tale of two cities, as if the rich and poor don't have anything to do with each other.
Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness.
You know something I could really do without? The Space Shuttle. ... It's irresponsible. The last thing we should be doing is sending our grotesquely distorted DNA out into space.
Our brains have been designed to blur the line between self and other. It is an ancient neural circuitry that marks every mammal, from mouse to elephant.
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