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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.” quote by Konrad Lorenz — Download Open image

“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.”

Konrad Lorenz

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

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