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.
JANE GOODALLPeople 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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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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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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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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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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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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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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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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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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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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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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And always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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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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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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