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A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way. But intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience. — Albert Einstein · 1949
We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart. — Blaise Pascal · 1670
Carl Jung1 quote
The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness. — Carl Jung · 1933
To trust your intuition is exactly the opposite of any sort of formal education. — Chris Burden · 1993
I have a gut, and my gut tells me more sometimes than anybody else's brain can ever tell me. — Donald Trump · 2018
I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me. — Hermann Hesse · 1919
John Keats1 quote
I am certain of nothing but of the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of Imagination—What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth—whether it existed before or not. — John Keats · 1817
My heart suspects more than mine eye can see. — William Shakespeare · 1594