Peace starts within.
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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You may not believe in evolution, and that’s all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important that how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves.
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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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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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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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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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 find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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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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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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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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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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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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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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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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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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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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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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