Chimps taught us we're not separated from the animal kingdom, we're a part of it.

But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.

There are good mothers and bad ones, but most of them are somewhere in-between.

Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.

As human beings, we can encompass a vague feeling of what the universe is, and all in this funny little brain here - so there has to be something more than just brain, it has to be something to do with spirit as well.

there have been too many events in my life, and in the lives of my friends, which have defied any kind of scientific explanation. Science does not have appropriate tools for the dissection of the spirit.

I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't know.