And always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
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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Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terrors of the abattoirs
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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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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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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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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One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
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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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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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Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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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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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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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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