Science is not inherently good.

- Frans De Waal

Empathy probably started out as a mechanism to improve maternal care. Mammalian mothers who were attentive to their young's needs were more likely to…

- Frans De Waal

To neglect the common ground with other primates, and to deny the evolutionary roots of human morality, would be like arriving at the top of a tower …

- Frans De Waal

Robin Hood had it right.Humanity's deepest wish is to spread the wealth.

- Frans De Waal

If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks back at us. If they are animals, what must we be?

- Frans De Waal

We are territorial, power-hungry and even more brutal than chimpanzees.

- Frans De Waal

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

- Frans De Waal

The role of inequity in society is grossly underestimated. Inequity is not good for your health, basically.

- Frans De Waal

The enemy of science is not religion... . The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.

- Frans De Waal