Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Instincts Quotes

Inner Strength Instincts Self-assertion Vitality Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright and critic

Animal Behavior Human Nature Instincts Pleasure and Pain We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.

Saint Augustine

Theologian and philosopher

Archetypes Collective Unconscious Instincts The collective unconscious consists of the sum of the instincts and their correlates, the archetypes. Just as everybody possesses instincts, so he also possesses a stock of archetypal images.

Carl Jung

Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst

Discernment Inner Conflict Instincts Self-Control Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

C. S. Lewis

Instincts Rationality Self Reflection We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.

Carl Jung

Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst