Instinct Quotes

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I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement… — Camille Pissarro
Generosity is revolutionary, counter-instinctual. Our survival instinct is to care only for ourselves and our loved ones. But we can transform our relationship to that… — Noah Levine
Each of us is born with two contradictory sets of instructions: a conservative tendency, made up of instincts for self-preservation, self-aggrandizement, and saving energy, and… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The mathematician requires tact and good taste at every step of his work, and he has to learn to trust to his own instinct to… — Unknown Author
The Christian's instincts of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God. But this is knowledge which Christians today… — J I Packer
We find in biking the fullfilment of an antique instinct: vagabondage — Maurice Barres
There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which… — Thomas Merton
The possibilities and probabilities are all we have to work with in medicine, though. What we are drawn to in this imperfect science, what we… — Atul Gawande
Engage your emotions at work. Your instincts and emotions are there to help you. — Richard Branson
It is a terrible error to let any natural impulse, physical or mental, stagnate. Crush it out, if you will, and be done with it;… — Aleister Crowley
When you look at the Cross, what do you see? You see Godâ€™s awesome faithfulness. Nothing â€“ not even the instinct to spare His own… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
How can you put out a meaningful drama when every fifteen minutes proceedings are interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits with toilet paper? No dramatic art… — Rod Serling
One of the things I benefited from when I started this business was that I didn't know anything. I was just instinct with no preconceived… — Michael Dell
The desire for gold is the most universal and deeply rooted commercial instinct of the human race. — Gerald M. Loeb
You've got to struggle against the pollution of intelligence in order to become an animal with very sharp instincts - a sort of intuitive medium… — Robert Doisneau
The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it. — Max Beerbohm
Whether at home or abroad, the task of statesman is to work with human nature warts and all, and to draw on instincts and even… — Margaret Thatcher
When one analyzes the pre-conscious step to concepts, one always finds ideas which consist of 'symbolic images.' The first step to thinking is a painted… — Wolfgang Pauli
Faith is not an instinct. It certainly is not a feeling - feelings don't help much when you're in the lions' den or hanging on… — Elisabeth Elliot
To rob the Negro of his reputation of thinking through a problem in his own fashion is about the same as trying to pretend that… — Jesse Helms

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