Social Animals Quotes

“I wonder whether there is such a thing as a sense of individuality. Is it all a facade, covering a deep need to belong? Are we simply pack animals desperately trying to pretend we are not?”
― Rabih Alameddine, I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters

“But because humans are intensely social animals, they also faced a recurring set of crucial social evolutionary challenges. These evolutionary challenges include (1) evading physical harm, (2) avoiding disease, (3) making friends, (4) gaining status, (5) attracting a mate, (6) keeping that mate, and (7) caring for family.”
― Vladas Griskevicius, The Rational Animal: How Evolution Made Us Smarter Than We Think

“Once upon a time there was a jungle.....
They then built a society, deforesting the land

This is how the wild animals went homeless and social animals found a home...”
― Mayank Sharma, A Cocktail of Love

“You were taught to be social animals and not humans...
No harm you are behaving like one.”
― Mayank Sharma, A Cocktail of Love

“In a way, we're basically equipped to empathize with others because we feel happy when we're nice to someone. Because we are social animals that live in packs, we're programmed to share happiness when we do something for another person.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism