“Pleasure is the Root of All Good”

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

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

“Deep in the heart of the hot, wet African rainforest, there lives a tribe of peacemakers who share a multiplicity of pleasures and make a very special kind of love. South of the sprawling Congo River, in the midst of war-ravaged territory, some 2,000 miles from the arid Ethiopian desert where the oldest human fossils have been found, lies this lush and steamy jungle paradise, the only natural habitat of the bonobo.”

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

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

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

“Love the Earth You Make Love On”

“The ideal is the enemy of the real.”

“Pleasure is the Root of All Good”

“Though bonobos tend to be a lot hairier than us—and they don’t build houses or churches or Pentagons like we do—these primates look and act remarkably human. They often even go beyond the merely “human,” and enter the realm of the truly “humane.”