All Frans de Waal Quotes
- If I were God, I'd work on the reach of empathy. Compassion
- Empathy as a complex emotion is different. It requires awareness of the other person's feelings and of one's own reactions. The appropriate reaction may not… Alone
- As in a Russian doll, however, the outer layers always contain an inner core. Instead of evolution having replaced simpler forms of empathy with more… Advanced
- The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to anyone comparing politicians… Ancient
- You need to indoctrinate empathy out of people in order to arrive at extreme capitalist positions. Arrive
- The enemy of science is not religion... . The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma. Curiosity
- If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks back at us. If they are animals, what must we… Animal
- Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between them and repulsive behavior. Any
- I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chimpanzee only later—or not at all. The discussion… All
- Robin Hood had it right.Humanity's deepest wish is to spread the wealth. Deepest
- We start out postulating sharp boundaries, such as between humans and apes, or between apes and monkeys, but are in fact dealing with sand castles… Always Leads
- If you ask anyone, what is morality based on? These are the two factors that always come out: One is reciprocity, … a sense of… Always Come
- There's actually a lot of evidence in primates and other animals that they return favors. Animal
- Humanity is actually much more cooperative and empathic than [it's] given credit for. Cooperative
- To endow animals with human emotions has long been a scientific taboo. But if we do not, we risk missing something fundamental, about both animals… Animal
- It is not only visitors to the zoo who are fascinated but uneasy in the presence of chimpanzees; the same is true of scientists. The… Animal
- Why not assume that our humanity, including the self-control needed for livable societies, is built into us? Does anyone truly believe that our ancestors lacked… Ago
- I have often noticed how primate groups in their entirety enter a similar mood. All of a sudden, all of them are playful, hopping around.… Activities
- I've argued that many of what philosophers call moral sentiments can be seen in other species. In chimpanzees and other animals, you see examples of… Animal
- When we are bad, we are worse than any primate that I know. And when we are good, we are actually better and more altruistic… Actually Better