Author: Konrad Lorenz

Quotes

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

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

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

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

- Konrad Lorenz

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

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

- Konrad Lorenz

Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.

Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.

- Konrad Lorenz

We do not take humor seriously enough.

We do not take humor seriously enough.

- Konrad Lorenz

I grew up in the large house and the larger garden of my parents in Altenberg. They were supremely tolerant of my inordinate love for animals.

I grew up in the large house and the larger garden of my parents in Altenberg. They were supremely tolerant of my inordinate love for animals.

- Konrad Lorenz

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

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

- Konrad Lorenz

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