Quotes about Instinct
These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
- Jude 1:10
The warrior of light knows the importance of intuition. In the midst of battle, he does not have time to think of the enemy's blows, and so he uses his instinct and obeys his angel. in times of peace, he deciphers the signs that God sends him. People say, He's mad. Or, He lives in a fantasy world. Or even, How can he possibly believe in such illogical things? But the warrior knows that intuition is God's alphabet and he continues listening to the wind and talking to the stars.
- Paulo Coelho
The 'insane' always believe in first impressions.
- Paulo Coelho
Human reason borrowed many arts from the instinct of animals.
- Samuel Johnson
The fingers must be educated the thumb is born knowing.
- Marc Chagall
Openly or secretly all turn back to an inborn disposition, to a religio insita.
- Herman Bavinck
The single best machine to measure trust is a human being. We haven't figured out a metric that works better than our own sort of, like, 'There's something fishy about you.'
- Simon Sinek
A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike.
- Bruce Lee
For everything naturally desires good
- Peter Kreeft
Unbelievers resist truth because it brings to the surface their God-instilled knowledge of right and wrong, which they've buried in order to pursue their ungodly behavior without the annoyance of conscience (Romans 1:18-21).
- David Jeremiah
War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.
- Cormac McCarthy
I think societal instinct much deeper than sex instinct — and societal repression much more devastating.
- DH Lawrence