I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
JANE GOODALLPeace starts within.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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Sometimes I [longed to be a chimp] I just wanted to know. what it felt like in the evening to be making a nest and what it felt like to be a female when a big male comes thundering in.
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Trees are living beings. And they have their own personalities. There are the young, eager saplings, all striving with each other. If you put your cheek against one of those, you almost sense the sap rising and the energy.
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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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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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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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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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From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
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