Konrad Lorenz Short Quotes

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Life itself is a process of acquiring knowledge...

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Hatred of humanity and love of animals make a very bad combination.

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There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog

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Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we perceive as a value

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There are no good biologists whose vocation was not born of deep joy in the beauties of living nature.

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All scientific knowledge to which man owes his role as master of the world arose from playful activities.

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Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.

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Scientific truth is universal, because it is only discovered by the human brain and not made by it, as art is.

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The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being.

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It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.

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Most of the vices and mortal sins condemned today correspond to inclinations that were purely adaptive or at least harmless in primitive man

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We had better dispense with the personification of evil, because it leads, all too easily, to the most dangerous kind of war: religious war.

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Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species.

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In nature we find not only that which is expedient, but also everything which is not so inexpedient as to endanger the existence of the species.

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The neuro-physiological organization which we call instinct functions in a blindly mechanical way, particularly apparent when its function goes wrong.

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The instinctive need to be the member of a closely knit group fighting for common ideals may grow so strong that it becomes inessential what these ideals are.

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Much of the beauty and wonder of nature is based on the fact that organic life is directed towards goals — towards survival, reproduction, and the attainment of higher perfection.

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A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot help perceiving what a pompous ass he would become if he did.

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