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Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.
Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.
The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely read more
The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach
The most complex things are the simplest.
The most complex things are the simplest.
When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected.
When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected.
A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix.
A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix.
Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is.
Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is.
The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts.
The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts.
Jesus saw a man use his hand to cup
water from a stream and Jesus threw away his cup.
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Jesus saw a man use his hand to cup
water from a stream and Jesus threw away his cup.
Jesus saw a woman comb her hair with her fingers
and Jesus threw away his last possession: his comb.
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The Islamic Jesus.
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying read more
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.
