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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.

Jane Goodall

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.
JANE GOODALL

Difference Live Love Ourselves Play Respect Responsibility Role Worth
It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
JANE GOODALL

Beyond Greatness Hope Reward
And always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
JANE GOODALL

Feeling Myself True
From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
JANE GOODALL

Eyes Moments Myself Personality Thinking
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.
JANE GOODALL

Believe Enough Feeling God Greatness Ideas Myself Power Spiritual
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 GOODALL

Animal Compassionate Equality Forget Human Love Ourselves
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?
JANE GOODALL

Control Goodness People Violence War
The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
JANE GOODALL

Danger Future Greatness Ourselves
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?
JANE GOODALL

Hope Listen Live Ourselves Place Start World
Any little thing that brings us back into communion with the natural world and the spiritual power that permeates all life will help us to move a little further along the path of human moral and spiritual evolution.
JANE GOODALL

Community Human Life Moral Spiritual World
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 GOODALL

Destroy Home Intellectual Walk
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 GOODALL

Hope Myself Photograph Vision World Yourself
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.
JANE GOODALL

Myself Thinking World
And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
JANE GOODALL

Beginning Excitement Life Myself Time
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?
JANE GOODALL

Darkness Food Goodness Ourselves Poison
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.
JANE GOODALL

Company Enjoyment Laughter Myself Thinking

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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