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.
JANE GOODALLA 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.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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I love dogs, not chimps. Some chimps are nice, and some are horrid. I don’t actually think of them as animals any more than I think of us as animals, although both of us are.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
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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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Very few Westerners, I thought, could tolerate such a way of life- for it would mean having to forgo the luxuries which we had come to think of as necessities.
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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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What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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