Quotes About Instinct

Intuition is soul guidance, appearing naturally in man during those instants when his mind is calm. Nearly everyone has had the experience of an inexplicably correct "hunch" or has transferred his thoughts accurately to another person.

Our inference systems may be there because they provide solutions to problems that were recurrent in normal human environments for hundred of thousands of years.

Something else, something I couldn't put my finger on, had made me turn back. Perhaps no more than a feeling that this was my place now, that I had to make my life work here.

He was ruled by the tyranny of instinct, by passion and the instant legislation of a simple heart.

A rush of panic comforted him with its familiarity.

She appreciated the fact that the wolf did not caper, bow down, yelp, or slaver on her, in the slavish and inconsiderate way of dogs. The wolf was no whore for man's approval. He fed himself.

Distrust your first instinctive impression. Our first natural reaction in a disagreeable situation is to be defensive. Be careful. Keep calm and watch out for your first reaction. It may be you at your worst, not your best.

Desconfíe de su primera impresión instintiva. Nuestra primera reacción natural en una situación desagradable es ponernos a la defensiva. Puede ser para peor, no para mejor.

Mere Morality can be summarized as: using instinct, law, and reason as guides, try to act with the intention of minimizing harm.

Act first, explain later.

When they face desperation... human beings become animals.

When they face desperation Ã¢â'¬Â¦ human beings become animals.

Female intuition was a potent instinct that she had learned to trust

Human instinct was America's first line of defense against terrorism. It was a proven fact that human intuition was a more accurate detector of danger than all the electronic gear in the world – the gift of fear, as one of their security reference books termed it.

Understanding is the one-dimensional comprehension of the intellect. It leads to knowledge. Realization is three-dimensional — a simultaneous comprehension of head, heart, and instinct. It comes only from direct experience.

When energy is thrown away without purpose or wisdom, you feel an instinctive loss of life, a sense of sorrow.

Sull'acqua, sotto il mare, in alto nel bosco sarai. Fidati del tuo istinto, nel mare; riporta a me il tuo tesoro. Se lo troverai, come dovresti, viaggerai, giorno e notte. Appena lo vedrai, lo saprai, come sopra così sotto. Quando lo avrai afferrato, sarai pronto ad attraversare il mare.

Struggle is not an option: it's a biological requirement.

I afterwards made it a certain Rule with me, That whenever I found those secret Hints, or pressings of my Mind, to doing, or not doing any Thing that presented; or to going this Way, or that Way, I never fail'd to obey the secret Dictate; though I knew no other Reason for it, than that such a Pressure, or such a Hint hung upon my Mind: I

obedecer la llamada interior o la inspiración secreta de hacer algo o de seguir algún camino cada vez que la sintiera, aunque no tuviera razón alguna para hacerlo

Fear, in evolution, has a special prominence: perhaps more than any other emotion it is crucial for survival.

impulse is the medium of emotion; the seed of all impulse is a feeling bursting to express itself in action.

la raíz de la cólera se asienta en la vertiente beligerante de la respuesta de lucha-o-huida

passions overwhelm reason time and again.