Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
JANE GOODALLWhat you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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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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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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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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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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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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Here was a chimpanzee using a tool. That was object modification- the crude beginning of tool making.
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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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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother
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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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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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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
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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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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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