"There are many reasons for kindness, and religion……" — Frans de Waal

"There are many reasons for kindness, and religion is just one of them."

— Frans de Waal

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86 Quotes by Frans de Waal

Frans de Waal has 86 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If I were God, I'd work on the reach of empathy.
Empathy as a complex emotion is different. It requires awareness of the other person's feelings and of one's own reactions.…
As in a Russian doll, however, the outer layers always contain an inner core. Instead of evolution having replaced simpler…
The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give…
You need to indoctrinate empathy out of people in order to arrive at extreme capitalist positions.
The enemy of science is not religion... . The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with…
If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks back at us. If they…
Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between…
I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chimpanzee only later—or…
Robin Hood had it right.Humanity's deepest wish is to spread the wealth.
We start out postulating sharp boundaries, such as between humans and apes, or between apes and monkeys, but are in…
If you ask anyone, what is morality based on? These are the two factors that always come out: One is…

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Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. — Saint Augustine
The catch phrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.' — Harvey Ball
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in… — Lucille Ball
Kindness is always fashionable. — Amelia Barr
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. — James M. Barrie
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is… — James M. Barrie
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who… — Saint Basil
Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. — Scott Adams
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship,… — Simone de Beauvoir

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