I’d like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.
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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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
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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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Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?
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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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Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.
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Arguably, we are the most intellectual creatures that’s ever walked on planet Earth. So how come, then, that this so intellectual creature is destroying its only home?
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I like to envision the whole world as a jigsaw puzzle. If you look at the whole picture, it is overwhelming and terrifying, but if you work on your little part of the jigsaw and know that people all over the world are working on their little bits, that’s what will give you hope.
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We can’t leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world’s people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.
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Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
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That is our hope. Because if we all start listening and helping, then surely, together, we can make the world a better place for all living things. Can’t we?
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Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t change.
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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Any little thing that brings us back into communion with the natural world and the spiritual power that permeates all life will help us to move a little further along the path of human moral and spiritual evolution.
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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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