We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
JANE GOODALLArguably, 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?
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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Without patience I could never have succeeded.
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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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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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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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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.
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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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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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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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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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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
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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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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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