My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser …

D. H. Lawrence
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2000). The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence, p.53, Cambridge University Press
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