We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
JANE GOODALLPeople said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.
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Peace starts within.
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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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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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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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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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If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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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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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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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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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 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