The intuitive connection children feel with animals can be a tremendous source of joy. The unconditional love received from pets, and the lack of artifice in the relationship, contrast sharply with the much trickier dealings with members of their own species.

People want to work with somebody who feels shame, who worries about the perceptions of others. Dishonesty is something we don't like in others.

Exclusive homosexuality is not very common in nature.

When it comes to social interaction, the chimpanzees appear to be just as intelligent as we are.

I'm personally a nonbeliever, so I'm struggling with if we really need religion.

We would much rather blame nature for what we don't like in ourselves than credit it for what we do like.

If I were God, I'd work on the reach of empathy.