We have turned away from the natural world. Instead, it's all about money and power. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Primates are very territorial. It is in their nature to protect their food resources as well as their females and young. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I had this wonderful, supportive mother who didn't get mad because of all the earth mucking up my bed. She just said… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The voice of the natural world would be, "Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
When I go back to Gombe it's to be in that timeless world where it's soft and where life is entwined and… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
For those who have experienced the joy of being alone with nature there is really little need for me to say much… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of young people… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I don't have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“How healing it was to be back at Gombe again, and by myself with the chimpanzees and their forest. I had left… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. And can I do that alone? No.… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There are an awful lot of scientists today who believe that before very long we shall have unraveled all the secrets of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I just have this absolute belief that humans are moving away from cruelty and destruction towards a time when we can truly… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The more we learn of the true nature of non-human animals, especially those with complex brains and corresponding complex social behavior, the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“There are really only two ways, it seems to me, in which we can think about our existence here on earth. We… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“I became totally absorbed into this forest existence. It was an unparalleled period when aloneness was a way of life; a perfect… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“Oh, the world needs those standing on the Bridge, For they know how Eternity reaches to earth In the wind that brings… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
People say to me so often, 'Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The voice of the natural world would be, "Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with our own… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language. — Jane Goodall Copy Share
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… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
I did this book 'Harvest for Hope,' and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we have the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
We are always talking about how we can get more environmental and humanitarian education. It is about listening to the voice of young people… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
We started off with physical evolution and got our form. Then we somehow developed language, which meant cultural evolution could race so we could… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. — Jane Goodall Copy Share
It's been proven by quite a few studies that plants are good for our psychological development. If you green an area, the rate of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
“We still have a long way to go. But we are moving in the right direction. If only we can overcome cruelty, to human… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
