And always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
JANE GOODALLAnd so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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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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One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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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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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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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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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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Without patience I could never have succeeded.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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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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Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t change.
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You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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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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