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“ I have found that even highly irascible people who, in a rage, seem to lose all control of their actions, still refrain from smashing really valuable objects, preferring cheaper crockery. ”

“ I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man: It is we. ”

“ All scientific knowledge to which man owes his role as master of the world arose from playful activities. ”

“ There are no good biologists whose vocation was not born of deep joy in the beauties of living nature. ”

“ Aggression in very many animals and probably also in man is an essential component of personal friendship. ”

“ There is indeed the possibility that the evolutionary process has, in gray antiquity, bred into us an excess of aggression. ”

“ In the higher animals the ability and inclination to do damage is, unfortunately, in direct proportion to the degree of their intelligence...it is impossible to leave certain animals, particularly monkeys, permanently loose and without supervision. ”

“ A barking dog may occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly shoot! ”

“ Scientific truth is universal because it is only discovered by the human brain and not made by it, as art is. ”

“ Man has no need of minute intention-displaying movements to announce his momentary mood: he can say it in words. ”