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4,593. Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities. (Man & Good & Bad & Instinct & Ability) Honore de Balzac 1799-1850, French novelist
47,611. I will follow my instincts. Be myself for good or ill. And see what will be the upshot. As long as I live I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I’ll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, and storm and the avalanche. I’ll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild pathdoms, and get as near to the heart of the world as I can. (Parks & Nature & Instinct & Self) John Muir
25,318. I am the logical one to make the egress. I can breathe the rarified atmosphere. I am looking for Mr Neelix’s instinct. Perhaps it will be marked. (Star Trek & Instinct) Star Trek: Voyager: Rise s3e19, Tuvok to all aboard Meglev
25,319. Instinct is simply another term for serendipity. (Star Trek & Instinct) ibid. Tuvok to Neelix
71,860. Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience. (Experience & Nature & Instinct) Blaise Pascal
77,329. Be a good animal, true to your instincts. D H Lawrence, The White Peacock 1911
77,330. Instinct is a great matter, I was a coward on instinct. (Instinct & Coward) William Shakespeare, I Henry IV II iv 304
77,331. I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. (Instinct & Inspiration & Poetry) Socrates
77,332. It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct. (Instinct & Civilisation) Sigmund Freud
77,333. And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension. (Instinct & Motor Racing) Ayrton Senna
77,334. Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored. Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
77,335. Instinct is untaught ability. Alexander Bain, The Senses and the Intellect 1855
95,289. Our impulses are too strong for our judgement sometimes. (Instinct & Judgement) Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles