And always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
JANE GOODALLThere is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
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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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One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
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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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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 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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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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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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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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Some people say, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. We’re not very good at it though, are we?
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Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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He had instigated a detailed study of the limb bones and locomotor patterns of a number of modern antelopes; the functions of varying bone structures of their legs could then be ascertained. Then, from the structure of fossil antelope bones reconstructed their movements.
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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