The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
JANE GOODALLPeople said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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.
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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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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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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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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Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t 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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But 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.
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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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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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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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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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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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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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