Instinct Quotes

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Instinct of love toward an object demands a mastery to obtain it, and if a person feels they can't control the object or feel threatened… — Sigmund Freud
The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy. — Bertrand Russell
Survival instincts are one of those things that never die. — Kiersten White
Seems to be a deep instinct in human beings for making everything compulsory that isn't forbidden. — Robert A. Heinlein
What you call love does not sound very beautiful. Think of the way we adore the Throne. That adoration makes us the best version of… — Lauren Kate
They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241) — Ilsa J. Bick
One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through oneâ€™s greatest efforts. — Albert Einstein
I have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but still was fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of… — Voltaire
Living out here, I have found that many creatures would prefer not to fight. But if your first instinct is to reach for your sword,… — Suzanne Collins
Courage is about learning how to function despite the fear, to put aside your instincts to run or give in completely to the anger born… — Jim Butcher
Our relationship couldn't continue to balance, as it did, on the point of a knife. We would fall off one edge or the other, depending… — Stephenie Meyer
I eat not because I want to, not because I have to overcome anything, not to prove myself to anyone, but because it's there. I… — Ned Vizzini
People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue, a society can… — Charles Colson
You will find ambiguity a great ally on your road to power. Give a sign of Slytherin on one day, and contradict it with a… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
I was young, and by instinct of self-preservation I had to collect my energy on something, if I were not to be whirled away with… — Isak Dinesen
Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious. — Oscar Wilde
There's a natural instinct embedded in friendship, a sympathy that makes us willing to fight for someone we like when they are treated unjustly. — Charles Duhigg
My first instinct is to push you until you break just to see how hard I have to press. — Veronica Roth
Man has no moral instinct. He is not born with moral sense. You were not born with it, I was not - and a puppy… — Robert A. Heinlein
There are some things too dreadful to be revealed, and it is even more dreadful how, in spite of our better instincts,we long to know… — Barbara Pym

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