Instinct Quotes

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Instinct is like Nature herself - prodigiously conservative, and yet transcending her own historical conditions in her acts of creation. — Carl Jung
A good man, through obscurest aspirations Has still an instinct of the one true way. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
With the unknown, one is confronted with danger, discomfort, and care; the first instinct is to abolish these painful states. First principle: any explanation is… — Friedrich Nietzsche
There's no such thing as intelligent vanity. It's an instinct. And you'll never find a man who is not first and foremost vain. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly. — Jonathan Swift
To-day the whole Christian world prostrates itself in adoration around the crib of Bethlehem and rehearses in accents of love a history which precedes all… — James Gibbons
Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities. — Honore de Balzac
Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct. — William Shakespeare
The instinct of ownership is fundamental in man's nature. — William James
There's some human instinct which makes a man treasure what he is not to make any use of, because everybody does not possess it. — Mark Twain
The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a healthy organism, is the complete… — Oscar Wilde
Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest, Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best. — Alexander Pope
But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit. — Alexander Pope
I have the instincts of a minstrel rather than those of a scrivener. There you have it. We are not of the same trade at… — John Steinbeck
Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct. — Duke Ellington
By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great extent solitary; hence the need of religion and morality to… — Bertrand Russell
How, then, find the courage for action? By slipping a little into unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct which holds one to the earth and dictates the relatively… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct ... hold us to the earth and dictate the relatively good and useful. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than [John… — Claude Monet
Most people who do have the instincts will never recognize that they do, because they don't have the courage or the good fortune to discover… — Donald Trump
No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous Dark beauty flowering under veils, Trapped in the spectrum of a dying style: A village like an instinct… — Lawrence Durrell
In tears I tossed my coin from Trevi's edge. A coin unsordid as a bond of love-- And, with the instinct of the homing dove,… — Robert Underwood Johnson
Your inner voice, your instinct, knows everything. — Henry Winkler
You have to trust your instincts. There is a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it. — Clint Eastwood
Well, we're grasping for two things at once. Partly for communion with others - that's the deepest instinct in us. And partly, we're seeking security.… — Ingmar Bergman

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