The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.
At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for.

