In a time of crisis, there is rational tendency to turn to the writer.
The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.
Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed.
I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change.
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
I'm excited to bring a dose of moderate, rational conservatism to 'The Cycle.'
Human beings can remain spiritual and religious while enjoying the benefits of rational administration of their affairs.
I mean, I think it's a two-way relationship: I think you should not have too much faith in your own rationality. You should not have too much faith in the rationality of, you know, anybody else either. We all learn together about the way the world is, and I think it's a sort of antidote to wishful thinking of all kinds.
This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet.
I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
