Some people say, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. We’re not very good at it though, are we?
JANE GOODALLEvery 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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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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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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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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We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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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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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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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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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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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 never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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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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