People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
JANE GOODALLPeople said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?
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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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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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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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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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I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other’s company.
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If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
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You may not believe in evolution, and that’s all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important that how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves.
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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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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