We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother
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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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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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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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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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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What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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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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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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The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.
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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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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 don’t have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I’m out in nature. It’s just something that’s bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it’s enough for me.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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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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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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