Instinct Quotes

the anxiety arising from the perpetual activity of the death instinct, though never eliminated, is counteracted and kept at bay by the power of the life instinct.

Melanie Klein
In Bach, Beethoven and Wagner we admire principally the depth and energy of the human mind; in Mozart, the divine instinct.

Edvard Grieg
- Mind
- Energy
- Admire

I want her so much that it overrides everything else, every other thought in my head, every instinct, every restraint.

Beth Revis
I have a tendency as an actress in general to ground my characters. Even when doing outlandish characters, that's my instinct.

Kate Burton
- Doing
- Instinct
- Actress
... the thwarting of the instinct to love is the root of all sorrow and not sex only but divinity itself is insulted when it is repressed.

Freya Stark
- Sex
- Sorrow
- Divinity
Only through blind Instinct, in which the only possible guidance of the Imperative is awanting, does the Power in Intuition remain undetermined; where it is schematised as absolute it becomes infinite; and where it is presented in a determinate form, as a principle, it becomes at least manifold. By the above-mentioned act of Intelligising, the Power liberates itself from Instinct, to direct itself towards Unity.

Johann Gottlieb Fichte
- Power
- Unity
- Intuition
When somebody keeps telling you, 'This book is amazing,' you sort of have this pleasing instinct to say, 'Oh, let me make you happy again; let me do that trick again.'

Paolo Bacigalupi
- Happy
- Amazing
- Pleasing
I remember and know the Bill of Rights. But my instincts tell me to be helpful, and (that attitude) is surprising to a lot of cops who deal with Internet crimes.

Craig Newmark
- Remember
- Attitude
- Crime