' Intuition '...

Intuition is often the explosive climax of a long slow process of hard thinking but whether it comes swiftly or slowly it must always be ready to justify itself at the bar of reason,

for the latter is our only reliable guide to truth.

Man may lay reason aside only when its fullest use has led him to the point of transcending it.

To ignore it before that moment is to fall prey to extravagant fancies which are likely to lead the mind completely astray.



-- Notebooks Category 7: The Intellect > Chapter 1:
The Place of Intellect > # 22 Paul Brunton