We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
JANE GOODALLFrom the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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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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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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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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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?
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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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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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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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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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Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
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We can’t leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world’s people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.
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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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