Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.

"The challenge of biography isn't finding the facts - it's finding the meaning behind them."

"To be a human being means to possess a sense of guilt."