I cannot remember a time when I did not want to go to Africa to study animals. Jane Goodall More Quotes by Jane Goodall More Quotes From Jane Goodall If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls. Jane Goodall conservationkillingsoul I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior - my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings. Jane Goodall doganimalteacher You're thinking about putting scientists into small cages and doing research on them. I wish it could happen sometimes. Jane Goodall researchwishthinking We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother Jane Goodall choicesuseinspiring Farm animals are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined and, despite having been bred as domestic slaves, they are individual beings in their own right. As such, they deserve our respect. And our help. Who will plead for them if we are silent? Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been treated so with little respect and kindness just to make more meat. Jane Goodall intelligentkindnessanimal The most important thing is to actually think about what you do. To become aware and actually think about the effect of what you do on the environment and on society. That's key, and that underlies everything else. Jane Goodall importantkeysthinking A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do. Jane Goodall calmworldthinking We are beginning to learn that each animal has a life and a place and a role in this world. If we place compassion and care in the middle of all our dealings with the animal world and honor and respect their lives, our attitudes will change. Jane Goodall compassionanimalattitude We are unique. Chimpanzees are unique. Dogs are unique. But we humans are just not as different as we used to think. Jane Goodall uniquedogthinking I urge you to read Eternal Treblinka and think deeply about its important message. Jane Goodall importantmessagesthinking Every individual matters and has a role to play in this life on Earth. Jane Goodall rolesearthplay When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth. Jane Goodall girlcollegedream I've got different ideas of complete happiness. But one is being by myself out in a forest, completely happy. Another is walking with a dog in some nice place. And three is sitting around preferably a fire, but not necessarily, and drinking red wine with friends and telling stories. Jane Goodall nicedogdrinking Having respect for animals makes us better humans. Jane Goodall humansanimal Here we are, arguably the most intelligent being that's ever walked planet Earth, with this extraordinary brain ... and yet we're destroying the only home we have. Jane Goodall motivationinspirationhome It is these undeniable qualities of human love and compassion and self-sacrifice that give me hope for the future. We are, indeed, often cruel and evil. Nobody can deny this. We gang up on each one another, we torture each other, with words as well as deeds, we fight, we kill. But we are also capable of the most noble, generous, and heroic behavior. Jane Goodall sacrificefightingcompassion We're the ones who can make a difference. If we lead lives where we consciously leave the lightest possible ecological footprints, if we buy the things that are ethical for us to buy and don't buy the things that are not, we can change the world overnight. Jane Goodall making-a-differencedifferencesworld Chimpanzees, more than any other living creature, have helped us to understand that there is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It's a very blurry line, and it's getting more blurry all the time. Jane Goodall motivationinspirationanimal To reconnect with nature is key if we want to save the planet. Jane Goodall planetskeyswant I became intensely aware of the being-ness of trees. The feel of rough sun-warmed bark of an ancient forest giant, or the cool, smooth skin of a young and eager sapling, gave me a strange, intuitive sense of the sap as it was sucked up by unseen roots and drawn up to the very tips of the branches, high overhead. Jane Goodall skinsrootstree
