It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
JANE GOODALLI never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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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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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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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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Sometimes I [longed to be a chimp] I just wanted to know. what it felt like in the evening to be making a nest and what it felt like to be a female when a big male comes thundering in.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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Very few Westerners, I thought, could tolerate such a way of life- for it would mean having to forgo the luxuries which we had come to think of as necessities.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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