“My thesis is that morality exists outside the human mind in the sense of being not just a trait of individual humans, but a human trait; that is, a human universal.”

“It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frightens us.”

“The most identifying trait of humanity is our abilty to be inhumane to one another.”

“The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large.”

“As a result of high levels of male parental investment, humans evolved into a somewhat “androgynous” species - a species in which human females exhibit traits generally found only in males (e. g., competition for mates) and human males exhibit traits generally found only in females (e. g., the provision of parental care; choosiness about mates).”

“Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human.”

“Perhaps, humans are the race most ruled by the desire for conquest, power ambition, the demand for personal ego gratification, hypocrisy, greed and the thirst for respect. But on the other hand, all of these traits are what have kept human beings alive until now.”

“The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time, it is common to all, hence the incomparably indivisible union that exists between human beings.”

“The thesis that the human being seeks God because of the disorder he perceives in himself does not take into account that the human being seems to prefer disorder.”

“The single most valuable human trait, the one quality every schoolchild and adult should be taught to nurture, is, quite simply, kindness.”