Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.

Women tend to be more intuitive, or to admit to being intuitive, and maybe the hard science approach isn't so attractive. The way that science is taught is very cold. I would never have become a scientist if I had been taught like that.

I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other's company.

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.

I have found that to love and be loved is the most empowering and exhilarating of all human emotions.

I always loved animals. And when I was ten, I decided I had to go to Africa and live with animals and write books about them.

Without the support of local people, you might as well give up because you can make all the noise you like, you can demarcate a national park, but if the people outside want to go creeping into a forest you really can't stop them. They've got to get a benefit.