Instinct of love toward an object demands a mastery to obtain it, and if a person feels they can't control the object or feel threatened by it, they act negatively toward it.
Sigmund FreudTags: love control instinct of act negatively obtain threatened
What we call patriotism, in other words, is a calculable force which, released by a predictable situation, will animate man in a manner no different from other territorial species.
Robert ArdreyTags: patriotism instinct
I've always believed in instinct over intellect. The instinct is what you always knew; intellect is what you figure out.
Michka AssayasSurvival requires guts and instinct.
Toba BetaLove is the king of the beasts
And when it gets hungry it must kill to eat
Love is the king of the beasts
A lion walking down city streets
Tags: pain love instinct hunger
You know you love something if you're willing to die for it, and you know it means nothing if you walk away from that which is dying.
Anthony LiccioneTags: love sacrifice desire instinct impulse to-die-for give-all
Nimrod began to understand that what he was experiencing was, in spite of its appearance of novelty, something which had existed before–many times before. His body began to recognize situations, impressions, and objects. In reality, none of there astonished him very much. Faced with new circumstances, he would dip into the fount of his memory, the deep-seated memory of the body, would search blindky and feverishly, and often find ready made within himself a suitable reaction: the wisdom of generations, deposited in his plasma, in his nerves. He found actions and decisions of which he had not been aware but which had been lying in wait, ready to emerge.
Bruno SchulzWHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences of guilt, shame, and doubt?
Terry Tempest WilliamsTags: doubt shame guilt consequences instinct voice speaking-out consequence instincts
Instinct is a makeshift, an admission of helplessness before the problem of reality.
Leo FrobeniusTags: reality philosophy instinct
Most people are not prepared to have their minds changed," he said. "And I think they know in their hearts that other people are just the same, and one of the reasons people become angry when they argue is that they realize just that, as they trot out their excuses."
"Excuses, eh?" Well, if this ain't cynicism, what is?" Erens snorted.
"Yes, excuses," he said, with what Erens thought might just have been a trace of bitterness. "I strongly suspect the things people believe in are usually just what they instinctively feel is right; the excuses, the justifications, the things you're supposed to argue about, come later. They're the least important part of the belief. That's why you can destroy them, win an argument, prove the other person wrong, and still they believe what they did in the first place." He looked at Erens. "You've attacked the wrong thing.
Tags: belief excuses instinct arguments justifications erens
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