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.
JANE GOODALLNature can win if we give her a chance.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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I’d like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.
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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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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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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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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother
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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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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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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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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.
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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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Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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