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.
JANE GOODALLThe least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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People say to me so often, ‘Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people are asking these questions and yet you seem peaceful,’ and I always answer that it is the peace of the forest that I carry inside.
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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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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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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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From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
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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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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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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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Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terrors of the abattoirs
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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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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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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Peace starts within.
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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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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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Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.
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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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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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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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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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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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