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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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Science has explained nothing the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness. – Aldous Huxley

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Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. – Benjamin Spock, Baby and Child Care, 1977

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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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I have a womans instinct and its always a good one. – Princess of Wales Diana

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He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of glorious intuition, but by the shoddy, untidy process halfway between the two by which one usually gets to know things. – Margery Allingham

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