Quotes About Instinct

The compulsion to defend ourselves is always stronger than the desire to conquer.

Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.

Tu n'étais plus qu'un insecte prisonnier d'une araignée repue, qui te gardait en réserve pour un repas à venir. Elle t'avait capturé pour te savourer en toute quiétude, quand l'envie lui viendrait de goûter ton sang. Tu imaginais ses pattes velues, ses gros yeux globuleux, implacables, son ventre mou, gorgé de viande, vibrant, gélatineux, et ses crocs venimeux, sa bouche noire qui allait te sucer la vie.

Spiritualism exits only for individuals. Reason is born when two men interact; addition of more and more members necessitates the spreading of the reason culminating as culture. Hence a culture is as dynamic as the reason. The nature of the reason is the nature of the spirit within for some and instinct for some others.

The conscience is a right mix of instinct, reason and culture. The conscience itself is not a truth but it has an ability to access the truth. But the very conscience is assembled only by the reason.

The greatest intellectual achievement of men should be not only in understanding the importance of the reason, but to consciously and boldly overthrow it as and when the welfare of others' warrants it. Why should anybody think about others welfare? This is because the reason's practical worth is only with respect to others. Instinct is often enough to take care of an individual, but the reason is necessary to meet the societal requirements and also to derive benefits from it.

All human beings must perform according to their nature.

Necessity has the face of a dog.

I feel a buzzing at the base of my neck. It's like I'm on eternal 'vibrate' in case of an emergency.

You need the right balance between data and gut feeling.

I was born to score goals, I feel. How I score them - how I get the ball into the back of the net - might have changed. The actual ability of what I was born to do will never leave me.

Network shows shoot so fast, so you kind of have to just go with your instinct.

Once you're a mom, always a mom. It's like riding a bike, you never forget.

I never stop to think about my age really. I just listen to my body and it tells me if I can or can't.

I have always had an instinct for doing new things. Call it good or bad, I love to experiment.

We are very influenced by completely automatic things that we have no control over, and we don't know we're doing it.

The bee doesn't care about me, or what I just did to her," I said. "She was just trying to protect herself. Now that the threat is gone, she doesn't hold a grudge.

The heart wants what it wants.

Choice is always performed against a background of habit.

I've been thinking with my guts since I was fourteen years old, and frankly speaking, between you and me, I have come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains.

I've been thinking with my guts since I was fourteen years old, and frankly speaking, between you and me, I have come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains. I

Don't run," Fanny advised. "That will only arouse his primal male urge to pursue fleeing prey.

He raised his arm to strike me. At that very moment, [my daughter] Meiping's cat, Fluffy, came through the kitchen door, jumped on the man's leg from behind, and sank his teeth into the flesh of the man's calf.

If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.