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Instinct Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- What is peculiar in the life of a man consists not in his obedience, but his opposition, to his instincts. In one direction or another…
- When I go out of the house for a walk, uncertain as yet whither I will bend my steps, [I] submit myself to my instinct…
- One little bird not larger than a sparrow, it may have been a Phalarope, would alight on the turbulent surface where the breakers were five…
- I found in myself, and still find, an instinct toward a higher, or, as it is named, spiritual life, as do most men, and another…
- Every child begins the world again, to some extent, and loves to stay outdoors, even in wet and cold. It plays house, as well as…
- Every child begins the world again, to some extent, and loves to stay outdoors, even in wet and cold. It plays house, as well as…
More Instinct Quotes
- My natural instinct after doing something shameful is not to rush into the street boasting about it but to put on dark… — Russell Baker
- To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality… — Mikhail Bakunin
- I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason. — Stanley Baldwin
- Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with… — Honore de Balzac
- I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every… — Kim Basinger
- To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature. — Max Beerbohm
- Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and… — Max Beerbohm
- Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized… — Henri Bergson
- Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I… — Halle Berry
- Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to… — Mortimer Adler
- Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. — Josh Billings
- As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have… — Bono