We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
JANE GOODALLSome 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?
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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.
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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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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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How can you stop yourself from yelling and shouting and accusing everyone of cruelty? The easy answer is that the aggressive approach simply doesn’t work.
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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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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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One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
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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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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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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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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 never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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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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