FastSaying
Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.
Frans de Waal
Become
May
Morality
Origin
Religion
Related Quotes
Human morality is unthinkable without empathy.
— Frans de Waal
Empathy
Human
Morality
The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.
— Frans de Waal
Compassion
Human
Justice
The enemy of science is not religion. Religion comes in endless shapes and forms... The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.
— Frans de Waal
Curiosity
Dogma
Endless
If there is any form of contagion that is adaptive, it is the immediate response to the fear of others. If others are fearful, there may be good reason for you to be fearful too.
— Frans de Waal
Adaptive
Any
Contagion
If one bird foraging in a flock on the ground suddenly takes off, all other birds will take off immediately after, before they even know what's going on. The one who stays behind may be prey.
— Frans de Waal
After
Before
Behind