Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change.

Is it not possible that the chimpanzees are responding to some feeling like awe? A feeling generated by the mystery of water; water that seems alive, always rushing past yet never going, always the same yet ever different. Was it perhaps similar feelings of awe that gave rise to the first animistic religions, the worship of the elements and the mysteries of nature over which there was no control? Only when our prehistoric ancestors developed language would it have been possible to discuss such internal feelings and create a shared religion.

Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive.

If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.

A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do.

My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to them carefully and you still think that you're right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups.