Even when it comes to things like wars over oil, which may seem like a whole different ball game, there are still comparisons one can draw: chimps fight for their territory; they fight for the resources within that territory, so it does relate in a way.

I would never say I was an icon, but so many people have said I am, so I suppose I am. I mean, I can't not be what everyone says I am. But I don't feel like an icon.

I don't care two hoots about civilization. I want to wander in the wild.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful.

You better not mess with chimps. They are much stronger than humans.

Without the heart to ground it and open it to who we really can be as human beings, the brain is a very dangerous machine. A machine that is saying: we've got to have economic growth; we've got to have unending economic growth, otherwise societies will collapse. And yet there should be something saying: wait a minute, this isn't going to work.