It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
JANE GOODALLI don’t have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I’m out in nature. It’s just something that’s bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it’s enough for me.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
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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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Here was a chimpanzee using a tool. That was object modification- the crude beginning of tool making.
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You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do.
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Some people say, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. We’re not very good at it though, are we?
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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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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.
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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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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I love dogs, not chimps. Some chimps are nice, and some are horrid. I don’t actually think of them as animals any more than I think of us as animals, although both of us are.
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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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