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.
JANE GOODALLOnly when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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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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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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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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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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Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
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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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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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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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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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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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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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How can you stop yourself from yelling and shouting and accusing everyone of cruelty? The easy answer is that the aggressive approach simply doesn’t work.
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