Published date: 2004
Category: Philosophy
"It is not the things themselves that disturb men, but their judgements about those things."- Epictetus
Insight: Cultivate the right outlook, and we will be able to withstand misfortune.
Insight: How we react to events can be at least as important in determining how they harm us as the actual event itself.
Insight: Jane Goodall first observed chimpanzees ability to make tools when it was previously believed that only humans did this.
Insight: Jane Goodall documented in her memoir that she had seen no evidence that primates have the capacity for unselfish love, and believes this is unique to humans.
Insight: The main difference between humans and primates may not be so much our rational faculties, but rather our desire and capacity for deep love.