We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
JANE GOODALLCruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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People say to me so often, ‘Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people are asking these questions and yet you seem peaceful,’ and I always answer that it is the peace of the forest that I carry inside.
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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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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.
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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terrors of the abattoirs
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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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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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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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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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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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.
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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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You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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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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