It would indeed be a tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump. – David Ormsby Gore

Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes. – William Winwood Reade

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. – Erich Fromm, Man for Himself, 1947

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts. – David Herbert Lawrence, White Peacock, 1911