--- title: "7 Rational World Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Rational World quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Rational World sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fd/tom-robbins-169_imagination_if-i-have-been-given-any-gift-in-this-li_506009.jpg" --- > [“If I have been given any gift in this life, it’s my ability to live simultaneously in the rational world and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/if-i-have-been-given-any-gift-in-this-life-it-s-my-ability-to-live/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fd/tom-robbins-169_imagination_if-i-have-been-given-any-gift-in-this-li_506009.jpg) > [“Can’t you see? It’s incredibly interesting. Aren’t you struck by how much action occurred simply because something went wrong with one man’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-ronson/can-t-you-see-it-s-incredibly-interesting-aren-t-you-struck-by-how/) [Jon Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-ronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74c/jon-ronson-1772_man-brain_can-t-you-see-it-s-incredibly-interestin_1022350.png) > [“Western man has tried for too many centuries to fool himself that he lives in a rational world. No. There's a story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/western-man-has-tried-for-too-many-centuries-to-fool-himself-that-he/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/madeleine-l-engle-345_life_western-man-has-tried-for-too-many-centu_1139644.jpg) > [A wise man has told us that "men are once for all so made that they prefer a rational world to believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-addams/a-wise-man-has-told-us-that-men-are-once-for-all-so-made-that-they/) [Jane Addams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-addams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/jane-addams-6111_atheism_a-wise-man-has-told-us-that-men-are-once_1568157.png) > [... there is no such thing as a rational world and a separate irrational world, but only one world containing both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-rational-world-and-a-separate-irrational/) [Robert Musil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-musil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/robert-musil-2009_containing_there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-rational-wor_2480414.jpg) > [Every sane person has to find every day some manner of accommodating the impossible, some way of covering up for the failures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-boswell/every-sane-person-has-to-find-every-day-some-manner-of-accommodating/) [Robert Boswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-boswell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97d/robert-boswell-29053_covering_every-sane-person-has-to-find-every-day_2825079.jpg) > [Now I no longer live in our clear, rational world; I live in the ancient nightmare world, the world of square roots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yevgeny-zamyatin/now-i-no-longer-live-in-our-clear-rational-world-i-live-in-the/) [Yevgeny Zamyatin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yevgeny-zamyatin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/yevgeny-zamyatin-1218_ancient_now-i-no-longer-live-in-our-clear-ration_2939580.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rational-world/#itemlist", "name": "Rational World Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If I have been given any gift in this life, it’s my ability to live simultaneously in the rational world and the world of imagination.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Robbins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/if-i-have-been-given-any-gift-in-this-life-it-s-my-ability-to-live/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fd/tom-robbins-169_imagination_if-i-have-been-given-any-gift-in-this-li_506009.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fd/tom-robbins-169_imagination_if-i-have-been-given-any-gift-in-this-li_506009.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fd/tom-robbins-169_imagination_if-i-have-been-given-any-gift-in-this-li_506009.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I have been given any gift in this life, it’s my ability to live simultaneously in the rational world and…” — Tom Robbins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Can’t you see? 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