If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity of fear and of promiscuous misery.
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….
Instinct is the nose of the mind.
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not improve.
If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity of fear and of promiscuous misery.
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….
Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.