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"There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it."

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"Instinct is untaught ability."

Bain, Alexander on instinct
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"If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity, of fear, and of promiscuous misery."

Einstein, Albert on instinct
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"A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on instinct    Share

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"Instinct is the nose of the mind."

Girardin, Madame de on instinct
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"Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is."

Hartmann, Van on instinct
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"A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell on instinct    Share

"Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge."

Kant, Immanuel on instinct    Share

"It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves."

Lowell, James Russell on instinct    Share

"The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary."

Newman, Francis W. on instinct    Share

"Instinct. When the house burns one forgets even lunch. Yes, but one eats it later in the ashes."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on instinct
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"The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget."

Osler, Sir William on instinct    Share

"What is peculiar in the life of a man consists not in his obedience, but his opposition, to his instincts. In one direction or another he strives to live a supernatural life."

Thoreau, Henry David on instinct    Share

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