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?
JANE GOODALLOnly when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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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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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 the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother
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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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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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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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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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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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Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?
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You may not believe in evolution, and that’s all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important that how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves.
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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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Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
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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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