Quotes about Instinct

I have been pursuing my own train of thought for more than thirty years, undisturbed by all this, just because it is what I must do, and I could not do otherwise, out of an instinctive drive which is nonetheless supported by the confidence that what is thought truly and what throws light on obscurity will be grasped at some point by another thinking mind.XX

Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive.

Whims so often end in bankruptcy.

That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force.

There is an instinct in a woman to love most her own child — and an instinct to make any child who needs her love, her own.

The desire of life and health is implanted in man's nature;- the love of liberty and enlargement is a sister-passion to it

THE WILD BOAR AND THE FOX A Wild Boar was engaged in whetting his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a Fox came by and, seeing what he was at, said to him, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out to-day, and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger I shall need to use my tusks. There'll be no time to sharpen them then.

Every major move in my life was done instinctively.

We have very primative emotions. It's impossible not to be competitive. Spoils everything, though.

The mother instinct is something of which I am completely devoid. I explain it like this to myself: life is a vale of tears and all human beings are miserable creatures, so I cannot take the responsibility for bringing yet another unhappy creature into the world.

My father believed that the truth was like a wild animal--just let it loose and it will defend itself.

I only do what my gut tells me to. I think it's smart to listen to other people's advice, but at the end of the day, you're the only one who can tell you what's right for you.