The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.
Konrad LorenzRead
I owe undying gratitude to my patient parents.
Interpretation
This quote expresses deep appreciation for the sacrifices and patience of one's parents.
Konrad Lorenz's quote reflects the profound gratitude he feels towards his parents for their unwavering support and patience throughout his life. It highlights the vital role parents play in shaping their children's futures and acknowledges the often-overlooked sacrifices they make for their childrenβs well-being and growth.
In practice
In a speech at a family gathering, I expressed my gratitude towards my parents, quoting Lorenz.
The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.
Whenever we find, in two forms of life that are unrelated to each other, a similarity of form or of behaviour patterns which relates to more than a few minor details, we assume it to be caused by parallel adaptation to the same life-preserving function.
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.
More than any other product of human scientific culture scientific knowledge is the collective property of all mankind.
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.
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.
When he died, I went about like a ragged crow telling strangers, "My father died, my father died." My indiscretion embarrassed me, but I could not help it. Without my father on his Delhi rooftop, why was I here? Without him there, why should I go back? Without that ache between us, what was I made of?
I'm really glad I didn't have kids earlier, because I probably would have ignored them. I was so into my career. I could just go and play a ton of shows, night after night after night. I can't do that anymore.
Everything good in my life can be traced back to my mother's sobriety. She showed me that broken people can - with the help of others - turn themselves around.
Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one.
For in those tacit understandings which maintain the bond of family union, the mother is really the mistress of her daughter only upon the condition of continually presenting herself to her as a model of wisdom and type of perfection.
This is a moment that I deeply wish my parents could have lived to share. My father would have enjoyed what you have so generously said of me-and my mother would have believed it.
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