Kindliness seems to exist primarily as an animal instinct, so deeply rooted that mental degeneracy, which works from the top down,does not… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
“I was now privy to how a calm, average , peace-loving individual can suddenly get infected with a special kind of crazy.… — Dan Skinner Copy Share Image
“Intelligence is more important than strength, that is why earth is ruled by men and not by animals.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Until we understand that traumatic symptoms are physiological as well as psychological, we will be woefully inadequate in our attempts to heal… — Ann Frederick Copy Share Image
We lost this animal instinct that we used to have. We use a very low percentage of our instinct. — Marion Cotillard Copy Share Image
“At the beginning of human history, man lost some of the basic animal instincts in which an animal's behavior is embedded and… — Viktor Emil Frankl Copy Share Image
“That special pleasure she had felt in watching him eat the food she had prepared—she thought, lying still, her eyes closed, her… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Considered interrupting them to note that the entire history of humanity is marked by a single inexorable movement—from animal instinct toward rational… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
“Beneath the unabashed clandestine sexuality of the Maha-raas is the absence of desire for any physical conquest; it is about perfect love… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
There is an animal instinct force in humans that creates passion. When you love sometimes you cross a border. — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image
“When my animal instincts desire the forbidden, I feel pleasure in seeking them without constrictions placed by laws, worldly or religious” — Rochelle Magee Copy Share Image
We all have brains and we're all really smart people, but the underlying reality is that we're really just animals and sometimes… — Cristian Machado Copy Share Image
“A man recovers best from his exceptional nature - his intellectuality - by giving his animal instincts a chance.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The doctrine of Christ, which teaches love, humility, and self-denial, had always attracted me. But I found a contrary law, both in… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“That was above all what he wanted to hear. Not merely the love of one person but the animal instinct, the simple… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I can't stand the idea of missing something. I've got to know what's going on - it's like an animal instinct with… — John Fairchild Copy Share Image
It's important for me to really play with the traditions and keep things simple and easy. Ultimately I believe in animal instincts… — Peter Dundas Copy Share Image
“And the story suggests something more: unchaperoned, and left to our own untutored judgment, we are quick to aim low and worship… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“That a feeling is bestowed on us by Nature, does not necessarily legitimate all its promptings. The feeling of justice might be… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Our intellect, our awareness, and our consciousness is the most powerful form of life on this planet. It's totally worthwhile. If our… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
“She was her own kind of dreamer, a blind mathematician skating along the thin surface of life, believing in the saving power… — Jessica Shattuck Copy Share Image
“Caramon blinked. Spurring his horse, he proceeded down the trail again, lost in confusion. Somehow, his brother had managed, once again, to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Many species lack the ability to defy their own animal instincts and allow their intellect to prevail.” — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
