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.
JANE GOODALLCruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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Peace starts within.
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I’d like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.
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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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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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From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
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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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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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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.
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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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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, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.
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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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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
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