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Instinct is untaught ability
Instinct is untaught ability
How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans know read more
How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within if only we would listen to it, that tells us certainly when to go forth into the unknown.
'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own,
Believe no evil, till the evil's done.
[Fr., read more
'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.]
But honest instinct comes a volunteer;
Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit,
While still too read more
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.
When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, it is ready to read more
When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, it is ready to climb.
There is no instinct like that of the heart.
There is no instinct like that of the heart.
How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine,
Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine!
'Twixt that and reason what read more
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!
Instinct and reason how can we divide?
'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's pride.
Instinct and reason how can we divide?
'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's pride.
I believe in instinct, not in reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and read more
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.
