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 GOODALLCruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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Here was a chimpanzee using a tool. That was object modification- the crude beginning of tool making.
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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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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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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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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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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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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Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
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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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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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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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