Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.
JANE GOODALLOnly if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.
JANE GOODALLWe have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
JANE GOODALLTrees 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.
JANE GOODALLYou 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.
JANE GOODALLEvery individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
JANE GOODALLEach 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.
JANE GOODALLIt was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
JANE GOODALLNature can win if we give her a chance.
JANE GOODALLBut 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.
JANE GOODALLI never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
JANE GOODALLOnly if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
JANE GOODALLI 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.
JANE GOODALLWe have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother
JANE GOODALLOnly when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
JANE GOODALLLasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t change.
JANE GOODALLPeople 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.
JANE GOODALL