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.
JANE GOODALLYou 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.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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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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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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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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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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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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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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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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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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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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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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