People say to me so often, ‘Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people are asking these questions and yet you seem peaceful,’ and I always answer that it is the peace of the forest that I carry inside.
JANE GOODALLAttacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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He had instigated a detailed study of the limb bones and locomotor patterns of a number of modern antelopes; the functions of varying bone structures of their legs could then be ascertained. Then, from the structure of fossil antelope bones reconstructed their movements.
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Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terrors of the abattoirs
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
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Trees are living beings. And they have their own personalities. There are the young, eager saplings, all striving with each other. If you put your cheek against one of those, you almost sense the sap rising and the energy.
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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother
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But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.
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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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