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 GOODALLAnd always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
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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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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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If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
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Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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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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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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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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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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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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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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