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You 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.

Jane Goodall

Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
JANE GOODALL

Believe Human Myself Sin Worst
I don’t have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I’m out in nature. It’s just something that’s bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it’s enough for me.
JANE GOODALL

Believe Enough Feeling God Greatness Ideas Myself Power Spiritual
We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother
JANE GOODALL

Choice Gift Ourselves Place
We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
JANE GOODALL

Choice Gift Life Ourselves Place World
I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
JANE GOODALL

Career Myself Nature Science
You 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.
JANE GOODALL

Act Believe Human Important Mess Ourselves Right Yourself
From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
JANE GOODALL

Eyes Moments Myself Personality Thinking
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.
JANE GOODALL

Company Enjoyment Laughter Myself Thinking
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.
JANE GOODALL

Animal Compassionate Equality Forget Human Love Ourselves
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.
JANE GOODALL

Community Human Life Moral Spiritual World
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
JANE GOODALL

Decision Deep Difference Yourself
We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
JANE GOODALL

Human Love Ourselves Potential
I love dogs, not chimps. Some chimps are nice, and some are horrid. I don’t actually think of them as animals any more than I think of us as animals, although both of us are.
JANE GOODALL

Dog Love Myself Perspective Thinking
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.
JANE GOODALL

Anger Easy Simplicity Stop Yourself
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?
JANE GOODALL

Control Goodness People Violence War
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
JANE GOODALL

Believe Change Listen People Right Start

You 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.

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You 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.

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