Quotes About Intuition

Three things know a secret- First; the lady in a dream, The dog that barks no warning, And a maid that does not scream.

Sometimes, it seemed, the business of a Witch or a Godmother was not so much using magic as knowing when not to use it.

No, General. Not necessarily what you thin you want. Your heart knows what you want, but often your head has some other idea. It is the task of the kesta'chern to ask your heart, and not your head, what you need and answer that need.

Listening carefully to this voice is how we distinguish ourselves from the rest of the crowd who so often barge through life, too busy or too proud even to acknowledge their intuition's existence.

Instinct doesn't always tell us to choose the easier path, but it will guide you towards the right one. Your subconscious intuition wants you to survive and to thrive. It isn't clouded by ego or others' opinions - those fickle things live in the conscious mind. Your instinct has a clearer purpose: to help you. Listen to it. Learn to recognize it. Acknowledge it when it speaks and have faith in it. Instinct is the nose of the mind. So trust it.

Arrows of insight have to be winged by the feathers of speculation.

Instinct is everything.

Instinct is a strange thing. You cannot touch it, feel it, smell it, or hear it, but you must trust it, and that night, as we listened to the slap of the waves and the creak of the oars, I was as certain as I could be that my fears were justified.

That's the women's real gift, to be wise, and not many men have it.

Instinct is a strange thing. You cannot touch it, feel it, smell it, or hear it, but you must trust it.

My style flows from the fingers. The eye and ear approve or amend.

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.

It is not what the man of science believes that distinguishes him, but how and why he believes it. His beliefs are tentative, not dogmatic; they are based on evidence, not on authority or intuition.

I could never tell where inspiration begins and impulse leaves off. I suppose the answer is in the outcome. If your hunch proves a good one, you were inspired; if it proves bad, you are guilty of yielding to thoughtless impulse.

My own way of writing is very meditated and, despite my reputation, rather slow-moving. So I do spend a good deal of time contemplating endings. The final ending is usually arrived at simply by intuition.

My records do not require a lot of thought of 'What is this?' and 'What is that?' That would be too contrived for me.

I don't do any research. It's all about gut. Editing - it's always about gut.

There's a lot of research behind the scenes that you don't get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. I was very lucky then.

When you're working well, you don't do research. Whatever you need comes to you.

Ad agencies do all kinds of market research that ask people what they think they want, and instead, you should be creating things that you want. If you do something and you get it, the rest of the world will get it, too. Trust your own instincts, your own intellect, and your own sense of humor.

If I try to be fast then I'm no good, so it's better just to shut everything off and let instinct take over.

I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well.

If you listen to everybody's opinions, I mean, I always say I'd be digging a ditch on the side of the road now if I had listened to what everybody told me what to do. You know, you have to follow your heart, you have to.

In writing, I apply my feminine side and respect the mystery involved in creation.