We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
JANE GOODALLWe have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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Without patience I could never have succeeded.
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other’s company.
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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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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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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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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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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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And always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
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Arguably, we are the most intellectual creatures that’s ever walked on planet Earth. So how come, then, that this so intellectual creature is destroying its only home?
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Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t change.
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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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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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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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