Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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
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Here was a chimpanzee using a tool. That was object modification- the crude beginning of tool making.
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The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.
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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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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 find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
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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.
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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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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
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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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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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Any little thing that brings us back into communion with the natural world and the spiritual power that permeates all life will help us to move a little further along the path of human moral and spiritual evolution.
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It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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