Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
JANE GOODALLWe have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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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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Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terrors of the abattoirs
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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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How can you stop yourself from yelling and shouting and accusing everyone of cruelty? The easy answer is that the aggressive approach simply doesn’t work.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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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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We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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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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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 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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