It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
JANE GOODALLYou 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.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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 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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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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Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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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 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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Sometimes I [longed to be a chimp] I just wanted to know. what it felt like in the evening to be making a nest and what it felt like to be a female when a big male comes thundering in.
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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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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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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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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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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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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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