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.
JANE GOODALLBut let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
-
-
Without patience I could never have succeeded.
JANE GOODALL -
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.
JANE GOODALL -
Peace starts within.
JANE GOODALL -
If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
JANE GOODALL -
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?
JANE GOODALL -
It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
JANE GOODALL -
The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
JANE GOODALL -
People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
JANE GOODALL -
A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do.
JANE GOODALL -
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
JANE GOODALL -
Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
JANE GOODALL -
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
JANE GOODALL -
Nature can win if we give her a chance.
JANE GOODALL -
I 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 GOODALL -
Here was a chimpanzee using a tool. That was object modification- the crude beginning of tool making.
JANE GOODALL