We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
JANE GOODALLEvery individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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Sometimes 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.
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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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What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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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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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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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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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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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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Arguably, we are the most intellectual creatures that’s ever walked on planet Earth. So how come, then, that this so intellectual creature is destroying its only home?
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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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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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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
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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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