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. – Joseph Addison
You must train your intuition — you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide. – Ingrid Bergman
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. – Albert Einstein
A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is. – Van Hartmann
It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves. – James Russell Lowell
Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. – Don Marquis
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. – Francis W. Newman
Instinct. When the house burns one forgets even lunch. Yes, but one eats it later in the ashes. – Friedrich Nietzsche
The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget. – William Osler
Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious. – George Bernard Shaw
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. – Henry David Thoreau
