The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
JANE GOODALLEach 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.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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Trees are living beings. And they have their own personalities. There are the young, eager saplings, all striving with each other. If you put your cheek against one of those, you almost sense the sap rising and the energy.
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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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Here was a chimpanzee using a tool. That was object modification- the crude beginning of tool making.
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Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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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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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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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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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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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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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 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.
JANE GOODALL