Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we perceive as a value. Konrad Lorenz More Quotes by Konrad Lorenz More Quotes From Konrad Lorenz 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 against everyone else, from which wells up all that has never been before. Konrad Lorenz accomplishment creative games More than any other product of human scientific culture scientific knowledge is the collective property of all mankind. Konrad Lorenz science culture knowledge All scientific knowledge to which man owes his role as master of the world arose from playful activities. Konrad Lorenz roles fun men I believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive Konrad Lorenz suffering men believe 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 each other. Like the late Erich von Holst, I believe that the tremendous and otherwise not quite explicable public interest in space flight arises from the subconscious realization that it helps to preserve peace. May it continue to do so! Konrad Lorenz hate space believe The scientist knows very well that he is approaching ultimate truth only in an asymptotic curve and is barred from ever reaching it; but at the same time he is proudly aware of being indeed able to determine whether a statement is a nearer or a less near approach to the truth. Konrad Lorenz pride science knowledge Scientific truth is universal, because it is only discovered by the human brain and not made by it, as art is. Konrad Lorenz truth science art Nothing can better express the feelings of the scientist towards the great unity of the laws of nature than in Immanuel Kant's words: "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing awe: the stars above me and the moral law within me."... Would he, who did not yet know of the evolution of the world of organisms, be shocked that we consider the moral law within us not as something given, a priori, but as something which has arisen by natural evolution, just like the laws of the heavens? Konrad Lorenz stars law two The cat is a wild animal that inhabits the homes of humans. Konrad Lorenz cat home animal Barking dogs may occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot! Konrad Lorenz dog laughing men The human soul is very much older than the human mind. Konrad Lorenz spirituality soul mind 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 than the game's rules; both art and actively solicited perceptions are but special cases of the recurring creative act to which we owe our existence. Konrad Lorenz games believe art 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. Konrad Lorenz successful stupid science 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. Konrad Lorenz existence nature science 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 religious evil war Most of the vices and mortal sins condemned today correspond to inclinations that were purely adaptive or at least harmless in primitive man Konrad Lorenz primitive-man vices men 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. Konrad Lorenz libertarian faces science I would rather have a Scot come from Scotland togovern the people of this kingdom well and justly, than that you should govern them ill in the sight of all the world. Konrad Lorenz scotland sight people The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be. Konrad Lorenz bond true will earth dog Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot. Konrad Lorenz bite dogs shoot men
