The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
I cannot but be astonished that Socrates, after having so often repeated to his fellow citizens that he did not pretend to any wisdom, but had been appointed by the gods to a mission of benevolence towards them, should have been condemned to death.
Efficiency and ethics must go hand in hand; one cannot thrive without the other.
Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.