Our Instincts Quotes

24 quotes by 20 authors

The Moral Law tells us the tune we have to play: our instincts are merely the keys. — C.S. Lewis
But their intervention makes our acts to serve ever less merely the immediate claims of our instincts. — Albert Einstein
Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us be completely natural; before we trouble ourselves with the supernatural. — Margaret Fuller
Mans most disagreeable habits and idiosyncrasies, his deceit, his cowardice, his lack of reverence, are engendered by his incomplete adjustment to a complicated civilisation. It… — Sigmund Freud
If we did not bring to the examinations of our instincts a knowledge of their comparative dignity we could never learn it from them. — C.S. Lewis
If this were so; if the desert were 'home'; if our instincts were forged in the desert; to survive the rigours of the desert -… — Bruce Chatwin
Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people? If we attended more to ourselves and… — Emile M. Cioran
Whenever we need to make a very important decision it is best to trust our instincts, because reason usually tries to remove us from our… — Paulo Coelho
Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, letâ€™s use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen… — Barack Obama
To live in any true sense of the word is to reject others; to accept them, one must be able to renounce, to do oneself… — Emile M. Cioran
The ignorant frighten children with ghosts, and the better educated assure them there is no such thing. Our understanding may believe the latter, but our… — Catherine Crowe
It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. — Thomas Huxley
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each… — C.S. Lewis
Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious. — George Bernard Shaw
We humans are conflicted beings. Our beliefs don't always harmonize with our instincts, and our behavior doesn't always reflect our beliefs. ... We wage war… — Brandon Mull
Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment. — Bertrand Russell
All around us lies what we neither understand nor use. Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us… — Margaret Fuller
Because of our broken instincts we are in pain. We continue in pain because our instincts have been twisted by reason. So, what are we… — Tatsuhiko Takimoto
If your skin is crawling, pay attention. If something doesnâ€™t feel right, pay attention. If the hairs on the back of your neck prickle, if… — Inga Muscio
It is important to grasp that boredom is one of the most common - and undesirable - consequences of 'unicameralism'. Boredom is a feeling of… — Colin Wilson

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