We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
JANE GOODALLWe have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
JANE GOODALLWe have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother
JANE GOODALLArguably, 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?
JANE GOODALLThat 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?
JANE GOODALLThere is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
JANE GOODALLIt was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
JANE GOODALLI 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.
JANE GOODALLHe 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.
JANE GOODALLHere was a chimpanzee using a tool. That was object modification- the crude beginning of tool making.
JANE GOODALLWhat you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
JANE GOODALLTrees 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.
JANE GOODALLEvery individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
JANE GOODALLBut 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.
JANE GOODALLAnd so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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.
JANE GOODALLHow can you stop yourself from yelling and shouting and accusing everyone of cruelty? The easy answer is that the aggressive approach simply doesn’t work.
JANE GOODALL