Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?
JANE GOODALLAs thy days, so shall thy strength be.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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People say to me so often, ‘Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people are asking these questions and yet you seem peaceful,’ and I always answer that it is the peace of the forest that I carry inside.
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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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If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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I’d like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.
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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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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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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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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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So, let us move forward with faith in ourselves, in our intelligence, in our indomitable spirit. Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion and love.
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Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
JANE GOODALL