We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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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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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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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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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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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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One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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Peace starts within.
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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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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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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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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