Konrad Lorenz Quotes

Konrad Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist and ethologist who lived from 1903 to 1989. He is regarded as one of the founders of the study of animal behaviour (ethology).

This is a collection of quotes by Konrad Lorenz.

Konrad Lorenz
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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 specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.
Konrad Lorenz

Humor and knowledge are the two great hopes of our culture.
Konrad Lorenz

I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we.
Konrad Lorenz

In science, new ideas are at first completely neglected, later fiercely attacked, and finally regarded as well known.
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Just thinking that my dog loves me more than I love him, I feel shame.
Konrad Lorenz

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

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

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