All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud by Ralph Waldo Emerson.Quote on progress and instinct

All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud.
You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then
a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit.
Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
Ralph Waldo Emerson