Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
JANE GOODALLSometimes I [longed to be a chimp] I just wanted to know. what it felt like in the evening to be making a nest and what it felt like to be a female when a big male comes thundering in.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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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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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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The least I can do is speak out for those who 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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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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Very few Westerners, I thought, could tolerate such a way of life- for it would mean having to forgo the luxuries which we had come to think of as necessities.
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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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One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
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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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Without patience I could never have succeeded.
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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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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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