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Quote by Aldous Huxley
Modern mans besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct percep

Modern mans besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions. – Aldous Huxley

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Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying. – Aldous Huxley

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A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the wills freedom after it. – Aldous Huxley

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There is no instinct like that of the heart. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Instinct is untaught ability. – Alexander Bain, Logic, 1870

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[T]he invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you. – Wayne Dyer

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If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement the greatest source of visual beauty the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living. – David Attenborough

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