Instinct quotes and words of wisdom

"A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not improve."
Oliver Wendell Holmes


"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


"Instinct is the nose of the mind."
Delphine Girardin


"Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual."
Friedrich Nietzsche


"Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey "people." People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest...."
Clive Staples (Jack) Lewis


Interesting Quotes

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.Nick Diamos

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.Ernest Hemingway - US author & journalist (1899 - 1961)