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Instinct

«Instinct is untaught ability»
Author: Alexander Bain | About: Ability, Instinct | Keywords: untaught
«How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within if only we would listen to it, that tells us certainly when to go forth into the unknown.»
«Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.»
«Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.»
Author: Michael Burke | About: Instinct | Keywords: figured, figuring, head, instincts, usually
«Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is»
Author: Van Hartmann | About: Instinct | Keywords: pursuance
«There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.»
Author: Golda Meir (Founder, Prime Minister) | About: Instinct, Praise | Keywords: illogically
«Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.»
«She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.»
«As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road, so must we do with the divine animal who carries us through this world»
«A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us»