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 GOODALLWe find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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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?
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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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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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Without patience I could never have succeeded.
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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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We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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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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Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t change.
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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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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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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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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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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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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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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.
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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 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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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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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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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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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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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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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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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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