instinctual wisdom Quotes

I have a woman's instinct and it's always a good one.

I think we learn some of the greatest lessons in life from animals, whether it's love, suffering, or the value of silence.

I trust my instincts. I don't distrust them. They haven't led me astray. It's when I've made up my mind to be efficient that is when I have gone wrong.

... indeed, what reason may not go to school to the wisdom of bees, ants, and spiders? What wise hand teacheth them to do what reason cannot teach us? Ruder heads stand amazed at those prodigious pieces of nature, whales, elephants, dromedaries, and camels; these, I confess, are the colossuses and majestick pieces of her hand; but in these narrow engines there is more curious mathematieks; and the civility of these little Citizens more neatly sets forth the wisdom of their Maker.

Our passions, when well exercised, have wisdom; they guide our thinking, our values, our survival.

One thing that remains consistent throughout anything I do in life really is remaining true to myself and trusting my gut instincts.

When I watch species other than my own, their instinct's wisdom is what most impresses and disturbs me.

It's time that we acknowledge the wisdom women have acquired by managing the chaos of daily life. Women are realists, the glue that holds society together. They bring a reverence to life that's instinctual, not just intellectual.

Most of our difficulties come from losing contact with our instincts, with the age-old forgotten wisdom stored up in us.