“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 more about less and less, until they know everything about nothing.”
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
“There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog”
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
“I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man: It is we.”
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
“Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.”
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
“The human soul is very much older than the human mind.”
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
“The missing link between animals and the real human being is most likely ourselves.”
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
“Every danger loses some of its terror once its causes are understood.”
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
“Scientific truth is universal, because it is only discovered by the human brain and not made by it, as art is.”
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
"Most people have forgotten how to live with living creatures, with living systems and that, in turn, is the reason why man, whenever he comes into contact with nature, threatens to kill the natural system in which and from which he live."
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
"Humor and knowledge are the two great hopes of our culture."
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
"It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young."
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
"All the advantages that man has gained from his ever-deepening understanding of the natural world that surrounds him, his technological, chemical and medical progress, all of which should seem to alleviate human suffering... tends instead to favor humanity's destruction."
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
"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 soul."
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)
"Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one."
—Konrad Lorenz (1889-1964)