It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
JANE GOODALLIt actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
JANE GOODALLI like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
JANE GOODALLLasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t change.
JANE GOODALLHere we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?
JANE GOODALLWe find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
JANE GOODALLSometimes 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.
JANE GOODALLEach 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.
JANE GOODALLNature can win if we give her a chance.
JANE GOODALLChange happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
JANE GOODALLYou 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.
JANE GOODALLAttacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
JANE GOODALLAnd always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
JANE GOODALLI love dogs, not chimps. Some chimps are nice, and some are horrid. I don’t actually think of them as animals any more than I think of us as animals, although both of us are.
JANE GOODALLWhat you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
JANE GOODALLPeace starts within.
JANE GOODALLOnly if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
JANE GOODALL