Instinct Quotes

1476 Instinct quotes by 1077 unique authors

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
There are many reasons for keeping a diary: to make a note of facts that one considers important; to open one's heart, to give vent… — Alberto Moravia
I was a barbarian, tender and full of violence. I translated by instinct, without any method, not merely an artistic truth but above all a… — Maurice de Vlaminck
We learned from Gauguin that every work of art is a transposition, a caricature, a passionate equivalent of a sensation which has been experienced. He… — Maurice Denis
Drawing is one of those things which sit on the uneasy bending line between instinct and instruction, where seeming perversity eventually trumps pleasure as the… — Adam Gopnik
Our training pushes us to develop a new set of instincts: instead of reacting to danger with a fight-or-flight adrenaline rush, we're trained to respond… — Chris Hadfield
The instinct that pulls us toward art is the impulse to evolve, to learn, to heighten and elevate our consciousness. The Ego hates this. Because… — Steven Pressfield
Not every good idea survives. Not every new form of art is repeated. Not every new potential instinct is successful. Only the successful ones get… — Rupert Sheldrake
One of the things that I truly have had to learn, sometimes the hard way, but that I'd like to share with you is to… — Christina Aguilera
The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman
About the book of Job: If it were today, God might be asking "How does DNA carry traits? How are instincts passed on in animals?… — Brian D. McLaren

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