Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
JANE GOODALLChange happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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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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That is our hope. Because if we all start listening and helping, then surely, together, we can make the world a better place for all living things. Can’t we?
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Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
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I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other’s company.
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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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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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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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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From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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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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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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