They are the four basic instincts. They are also attributes we should leave behind on our way to the next evolutionary plateau. Recognize them for what they are. Keep watch on your emotions. You will not succeed in mastering them, because they are ingrained in the structure of your body.
Some control however is better than none.
In the millions of years to come the creature that will evolve from us, may at long last be free of them. There unfortunately is no guarantee that our species will survive to change. We may be another of life's dead ends. On the way we may also be destined for devolution, a return to the wild, ignorant, savage, and Odd Little Primate. Not the first species to cause its own extinction.