Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
JANE GOODALLHere we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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He had instigated a detailed study of the limb bones and locomotor patterns of a number of modern antelopes; the functions of varying bone structures of their legs could then be ascertained. Then, from the structure of fossil antelope bones reconstructed their movements.
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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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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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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.
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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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Peace starts within.
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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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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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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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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The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.
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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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Without patience I could never have succeeded.
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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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