"Future benefits rarely figure in the minds of animals."

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Source : "Morals Without God?" by Frans de Waal, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. October 17, 2010.

Frans de Waal

#Animal Quotes #Mind Quotes #Benefits Quotes

“Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.”
“The human family has invaluable friends and irreplaceable allies in the plant and animal worlds. We cannot continue to tug at the web of life without tearing a hole in the very fabric of our earthly existence-and eventually falling through that hole ourselves.”
“When I was younger I didn't have much financially, like we couldn't afford a lot of stuff and I remember seeing little girls' rooms on TV and they'd all be pink. I didn't have my own room, I shared with my brother, so I would have this daydream and imagine that one day I could have my own room and it would all be pink, like Cinderella's.”
“A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.”

Source : Margaret Bourke-White (2016). “Portrait of Myself”, p.40, Pickle Partners Publishing
“These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition.”
“Contentment is realizing that God has already provided everything we need for our present happiness.”
“It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.”

Source : 'Kingfisher' (1910)
“The biographer who writes the life of his subjects self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life.”

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