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A. C. Benson
I believe in instinct, not in reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.
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Alexander Pope
How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine! 'Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier! Forever sep'rate, yet forever near!
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Alexander Pope
But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit.
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Alexander Pope
But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit.
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Charles Darwin
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
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Donald Marquis
A fierce unrest seethes at the core Of all existing things: It was the eager wish to soar That gave the gods their wings. . . . . There throbs through all the worlds that are This heart-beat not and strong, And shaken systems, star by star, Awake and glow in song.
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Francis H. Bradley
Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.
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Francis W. Newman
The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary.
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Jean de la Fontaine
'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done. [Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres. Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A good man, through obscurest aspirations Has still an instinct of the one true way. [Ger., Ein guter Mensch, in seinem dunkeln Drange, Ist sich des rechten Weges sohl bewusst.]
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Katherine F. Gerould
Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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Matthew Prior
Instinct and reason how can we divide? 'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's pride.
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Rita Mae Brown
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
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Van Hartmann
Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is.
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William Cowper
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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