"The inquiry leads us to that source,..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The inquiry leads us to that source, at once the essence of genius, of virtue, and of life, which we call Spontaneity or Instinct.
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“We must be very suspicious of the deceptions of the element of time. It takes a good deal of time to eat or to sleep, or to earn ahundred dollars, and a very little time to entertain a hope and an insight which becomes the light of our life.”
“Style is only the frame to hold your thoughts. It is like the sash of a window; if heavy, it will obscure the light.”
“One thing is forever good; That one thing is Success.”
More on Instinct
“When a prisoner sees the door of his dungeon open, he dashes for it without stopping to think where he shall get his dinner outside.”
“Man is guided by the stomach. He walks and the stomach goes first and the head afterwards. Have you not seen that? It will take ages for the head to go first.”
“When I see a new face, something sets off an alarm bell inside me. 'slow down! Danger!' Even when the attraction is strongest, I am on my guard.”