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.
JANE GOODALLIt was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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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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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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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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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
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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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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 like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
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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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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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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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