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 LorenzNatural selection does not give any preference at all to anything that, in the long run, could be advantageous for the species but blindly rewards everything that, momentarily, affords greater procreative success.
Konrad LorenzI believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive
Konrad LorenzThe neuro-physiological organization which we call instinct functions in a blindly mechanical way, particularly apparent when its function goes wrong.
Konrad LorenzThe distance at which all shooting weapons take effect screens the killer against the stimulus sensation which would otherwise activate his killing inhibitions. The deep, emotional layers of our personality simply do not register the fact that the crooking of the finger to release a shot tears the entrails of another man.
Konrad Lorenz