Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
JANE GOODALLIf we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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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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We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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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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Very few Westerners, I thought, could tolerate such a way of life- for it would mean having to forgo the luxuries which we had come to think of as necessities.
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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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I love dogs, not chimps. Some chimps are nice, and some are horrid. I don’t actually think of them as animals any more than I think of us as animals, although both of us are.
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We can’t leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world’s people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.
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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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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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From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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So, let us move forward with faith in ourselves, in our intelligence, in our indomitable spirit. Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion and love.
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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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And always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
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It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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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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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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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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Peace starts within.
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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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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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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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