“1. Create space. 2. Try not to worry. 3. Don't do really dumb things. 4. Build character and make friends. 5. Care for yourself and others. 6. Laugh. 7. Do what you love. 8. Embrace change. 9. Learn from experience.… — Peter Atkins Copy Share Image
“Laugh. We’re all going to be dead anyway some day. So while you should try your hardest to make the most of your life,… — Peter Atkins Copy Share
“I try to put things into two buckets: one I can do something about and one I can’t. The things I can’t do anything… — Peter Atkins Copy Share
We are children of chaos, and the deep structure of change is decay. At root, there is only corruption, and the unstemmable tide of… — Peter Atkins Copy Share
“When asked by Rod Liddle in the documentary The Trouble with Atheism "Give me your views on the existence, or otherwise, of God",Peter Atkins… — Peter Atkins Copy Share
“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. - Abraham Lincoln” — Peter Atkins Copy Share
A great deal of the universe does not need any explanation. Elephants, for instance. Once molecules have learnt to compete and to create other… — Peter Atkins Copy Share
Chemistry begins in the stars. The stars are the source of the chemical elements, which are the building blocks of matter and the core… — Peter Atkins Copy Share
The emergence of consciousness, like the unfolding of a leaf, relies upon restraint. — Peter Atkins Copy Share
“All change...arises from an underlying collapse into chaos...what may appear to us to be motive and purpose is in fact ultimately motiveless, purposeless decay.” — Peter Atkins Copy Share
“Life is easy to identify but remarkably difficult to define. Too tight a definition excludes what looks like life and too loose captures too… — Peter Atkins Copy Share
Taking care of yourself means finding a balance that works for you, then having the discipline to maintain that balance — Peter Atkins Copy Share
“Someone with a fresh mind, one not conditioned by upbringing and environment, would doubtless look at science and the powerful reductionism that it inspires… — Peter Atkins Copy Share
