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Instinct Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts.
- As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find…
- A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us
- You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit.
- So . . . I feel in regard to this aged England . . . pressed upon by transitions of trade and . . .…
- Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts.
- All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has…
- The instinct of the people is right.
- The instincts of the ant are very unimportant, considered as the ants; but the moment a ray of relation is seen to be a monitor,…
- Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
- If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.
- All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has…
- Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason
- Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.
More Instinct Quotes
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- 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
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- 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
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