"Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us." ― Huston Smith Topic(s): Science More From Huston Smith "Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere." "Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet." "It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations." More In Science "Art is I; science is we."― Claude Bernard "For NASA, space is still a high priority."― Dan Quayle "Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented."― Mark Strand