Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.
—Alexis Carrel (1873–1944) American Surgeon, Biologist
But are not this struggle and even the mistakes one may make better, and do they not develop us more, than if we kept systematically away from emotions?
—Vincent van Gogh (1853–90) Dutch Painter
The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.
—D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Essayist, Critic
Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.
—Don Marquis (1878–1937) American Humorist, Journalist, Author
People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) Irish Poet, Dramatist
Impulse without reason is not enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
Facts are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in the nature and parts of premises.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher
Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit, it is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future emotions from taking the normal path of discharge.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
Passion and prejudice govern the world, only under the name of reason.
—John Wesley (1703–91) British Methodist Leader, Preacher, Theologian
The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion—these are the most valuable coin of the thinker at work.
—Jerome Bruner (1915–2016) American Cognitive Psychologist
Cherish your emotions and never undervalue them.
—Robert Henri (1865–1929) American Painter, Teacher
It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Great thoughts always come from the heart.
—Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–47) French Moralist, Essayist, Writer
None of us can estimate what we do when we do it from instinct.
—Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) Italian Dramatist, Novelist, Short Story Writer
Well-bred instinct meets reason half-way.
—George Santayana (1863–1952) Spanish-American Poet, Philosopher
Some of the finest moral intuitions come to quite humble people. The visiting of lofty ideas doesn’t depend on formal schooling. Think of those Galilean peasants.
—Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) English Mathematician, Philosopher
By learning to contact, listen to, and act on our intuition, we can directly connect to the higher power of the universe and allow it to become our guiding force.
—Shakti Gawain (1948–2018) American Author, Speaker, Consultant
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
—Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali Poet, Polymath
I never believe facts; Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures.
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845) English Clergyman, Essayist, Wit
Modern man’s 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 (1894–1963) English Humanist, Pacifist, Satirist, Short Story Writer
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart—it’s all a man has.
—Hubert Humphrey (1911–78) American Head of State, Politician
Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.
—Florence Scovel Shinn (1871–1940) American Illustrator, Spiritual Writer
Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.
—Henri Frederic Amiel (1821–81) Swiss Moral Philosopher, Poet, Critic
What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.
—Shakti Gawain (1948–2018) American Author, Speaker, Consultant
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.
—Billy Wilder (1906–2002) American Filmmaker
What you intuitively desire, that is possible to you.
—D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Essayist, Critic
Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.
—Henri Frederic Amiel (1821–81) Swiss Moral Philosopher, Poet, Critic
I make all my decisions on intuition. I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.
—Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007) Swedish Film and Stage Director
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