There’s nothing like a friendly handshake to establish social cooperation, but the bonobo handshake takes erotic politics to a whole new level.

In Bonoboville, the females gently but firmly rule the roost, keeping the males gentle and firm

Interestingly, bonobo percussionists prefer a tempo of 280 beats per minute, the syllabic rate at which most humans speak.

Pleasure is the Root of All Good

The ideal is the enemy of the real.

Bonobo discipline involves being schooled in a gentler, more playful fashion.

Bonobos are... ambassadors from a primordial world of peace through pleasure, inviting us in one kiss at a time.

What might happen if we could somehow reorient ourselves toward our more loving, bonobo side rather than our inner mad chimpanzee?

Aw... don’t be so upset. Come here and sit on my face.

Belief is both a marvelous and a terrible thing. Belief makes things real.

You should have a fear of some things. That doesn't mean it incapacitates you from your ability to figure out a way to deal with it.

Because I've heard so many stories that I don't know which one is the most popular. But I do know which is the least popular. The truth.

I want to get to the end and feel that I've done all I could, given the limitations and given the opportunities.

I always credit; I never just steal something. I'm very much a product of everything that I've read and seen and heard or listened to.

No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.

You learn more from ten days of agony than from ten years of content.

Men fight for freedom; then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves.

The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.

Today is the tomorrow you were optimistic about yesterday. What are you doing today to make tomorrow as rewarding as you had hoped today would be?