We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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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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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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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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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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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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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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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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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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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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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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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Peace starts within.
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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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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