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“Nature does nothing in vain, and in the use of means to her goals she is not prodigal. Her giving to man reason and the freedom of the will which depends upon it is clear indication of her purpose. Man accordingly was not to be guided by instinct, not nurtured and instructed with ready-made knowledge; rather, he should bring forth everything out of his own resources.”

Men Giving Should Mean Doe Made Reason Use Purpose Goal Clear Ready Depends Resources Instinct Vain Indication Prodigals

Author:Immanuel Kant

“Every advance in social progress removes us more and more from the guidance of instinct, obliging us to depend upon reason for the assurance that our habits are really agreeable to the laws of health.”

Reason Law Social Progress Depends Habit Instinct Guidance Remove Assurance Social Progress

Author:Emily Blackwell

“Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, - the fear instinct.”

Humans Self Existence Depends Institutions Instinct Impulse Stability Associates Preservation Self Preservation

Author:Boris Sidis

“I like to be on the edge, on the cutting edge, or be into the unknown, into the territory where I have to depend on being in the moment and depending on my instincts.”

Moments Cutting Depends Instinct Edges Territory Cutting Edge

Author:Herbie Hancock

“Presently we have to train our unconscious to function better. Then we can depend upon our instincts, that will be noble instincts. At this moment, our instincts are very impure. When we have practiced for a long time, living the higher values of life and following the instructions of great masters or the Scriptures, that is when you have trained your unconscious. Then when a situation comes, you can to an extent, depend on your inner voice.”

Long Moments Values Voice Situation Masters Depends Higher Long Time Function Train Instinct Following Noble Scripture Unconscious Instruction Inner Voice Value Of Life

Author:Chinmayananda Saraswati

“Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.'”

Success Ability Depends Instinct Being Yourself Congratulations

Book:Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001

Source: Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001

“The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road.”

Men Reason Law Animal Levels Economic Depends Economics Instinct Intuition Tragic Inherent Tobacco Farce Economy And Economics

Book:Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself

Source: Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself