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Inspirational Quotes by Frans de Waal
- If I were God, I'd work on the reach of empathy.
- Humanity is actually much more cooperative and empathic than [it's] given credit for.
- 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…
- Dogmatists have one advantage: they are poor listeners.
- Exclusive homosexuality is not very common in nature.
- Humans have a lot of pro-social tendencies.
- I'm personally a nonbeliever, so I'm struggling with if we really need religion.
- Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.
- Science is not inherently good.
- The more self-aware an animal is, the more empathetic it tends to be.
- The role of inequity in society is grossly underestimated. Inequity is not good for your health, basically.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
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- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento