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 GOODALLI never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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I 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.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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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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We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
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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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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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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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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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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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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
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How 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.
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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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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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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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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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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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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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So, let us move forward with faith in ourselves, in our intelligence, in our indomitable spirit. Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion and love.
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He 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.
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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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