If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks back at us. If they are animals, what must we be?

Frans De Waal
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Deep in the chimp's eyes, we see ourselves. It is as if we are looking into ourselves. The chimpanzee is like a mirror. If only we could look deep enough, we could see ourselves, too.

But what if we look too far? Maybe it's not safe to look into other people's eyes. Maybe it would be better to just pay attention to our own eyes and take what they reveal at face value.

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