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Peace starts within.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall 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?
Jane GoodallJane Goodall Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall 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.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall 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?
Jane GoodallJane Goodall 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.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall And always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall 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.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall 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.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall 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.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall 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.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall 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.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall 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.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall
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Puneet MehraPuneet Mehra Forcing things only creates more tension in the mind. Let go.
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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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XenophonXenophon There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking it-self is dangerous.
Hannah ArendtHannah Arendt Death is never dangerous. Once death happens, all danger ceases.
SadhguruSadhguru Where do you go when you don’t even know where the danger is coming from?
Abu BakrAbu Bakr Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
Marcus Tullius CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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