It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
JANE GOODALLSo, let us move forward with faith in ourselves, in our intelligence, in our indomitable spirit. Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion and love.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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Peace starts within.
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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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From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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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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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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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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You may not believe in evolution, and that’s all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important that how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves.
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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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That is our hope. Because if we all start listening and helping, then surely, together, we can make the world a better place for all living things. Can’t we?
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Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
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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.
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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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