Our brain is almost the same as the chimps', but we have language, we have electronic communications, we've put people on the moon - we are immensely more intelligent. And yet: how come the being with the most extraordinary intellect ever is destroying its only planet?

Jane Goodall

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Jane Goodall

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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

Jane Goodall

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Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.

Jane Goodall

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Above all we must realize that each of us makes a difference with our life. Each of us impacts the world around us every single day. We have a choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place - or not to bother

Jane Goodall

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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.

Jane Goodall

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Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world.

Jane Goodall

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You aren't going to save the world on your own. But you might inspire a generation of kids to save it for all of us. You would be amazed at what inspired children can do.

Jane Goodall

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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?

Jane Goodall

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Empathy is really important.. Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our full potential.

Jane Goodall

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If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.. Follow your Dreams.

Jane Goodall

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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Jane Goodall

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To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and deliberately inflicting suffering on that creature, we are guilty, whether it be human or animal.

Jane Goodall

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For those who have experienced the joy of being alone with nature there is really little need for me to say much more; for those who have not, no words of mine can ever describe the powerful, almost mystical knowledge of beauty and eternity that come, suddenly, and all unexpected.

Jane Goodall

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Your life matters. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what's most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you.

Jane Goodall

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Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.

Jane Goodall

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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

Jane Goodall

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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.

Jane Goodall

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If only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal, with love and compassion we shall stand at the threshold of a new era in human moral and spiritual evolution - and realize, at last, our most unique quality: humanity.

Jane Goodall

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Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutan shave been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest,living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment.

Jane Goodall

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Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

Jane Goodall

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