All Konrad Lorenz Quotes
- I believe that both art and the human striving for cognitive comprehension are manifest forms of the grand game in which nothing more is stipulated… Act
- I see the creative accomplishments of which highly gifted humans are capable as special cases of the universal creative process, that game played by everyone… Accomplishment
- Every mutation through a new combination of genetic factors that provides the organism with a new opportunity for coming to terms with the conditions of… Adaptation
- Natural selection does not give any preference at all to anything that, in the long run, could be advantageous for the species but blindly rewards… Advantageous
- The human mind, in taking us down the path of technocracy, has become the adversary of life itself and collaterally the adversary of the human… Adversaries
- One of the most dangerously vicious circles menacing the continued existence of all mankind arises through that grim striving for the highest possible position within… Acquired
- Hatred of humanity and love of animals make a very bad combination. Animal
- The human soul is very much older than the human mind. Human
- I am convinced that of all the people on the two sides of the great curtain, the space pilots are the least likely to hate… All
- One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid. Dull
- It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young. Breakfast
- Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot. Barking
- Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The… Compete
- I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we. Ape
- Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one. Best
- There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog Been
- The truth about an animal is far more exciting and altogether more beautiful than all the myths woven about it. All
- Philosophers are people who know less and less about more and more, until they know nothing about everything. Scientists are people who know more and… Inspirational
- Humor and knowledge are the two great hopes of our culture. Culture
- Man has been driven out of the paradise in which he could trust his instincts. Been