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Reflexes Quotes

Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.

G. Stanley Hall (2013). “Adolescence - Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology, Sociology, Sex, Crime, and Religion (1931)”, p.180, Read Books Ltd

Ideally, our muscles should obey our will. Reasonably, our will should not be dominated by the reflex actions of our muscles.

Joseph H. Pilates, William John Miller (1998). “Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology”, Presentation Dynamics Incorporated

I just put the reflexes in the proper direction.

" Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee dies", www.theguardian.com. February 1, 2012.

For me chivalry isn't dead; it's an involuntary reflex.

Jim Butcher (2002). “Summer Knight: Book four of The Dresden Files”, p.107, Penguin

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.

Steven Pinker (2011). “The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined”, p.203, Penguin

Joy is the reflex of terror.

Victor Hugo (2000). “Les Mis??rables”, p.488, Modern Library

The reflex of fear was soon replaced with another, more useful emotion. Rage.

Tara Moss (2012). “Assassin”, p.5, HarperCollins Australia

It's a reflex. Hear a bell, get food. See an undead, throw a knife. Same thing, really.

Ilona Andrews (2012). “Magic Bites: A Special Edition of the First Kate Daniels Novel”, p.11, Penguin