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Humans Quotes by Jane Goodall

55 Humans quotes by Jane Goodall

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A chimpanzee can act territorial, just like some humans. The quotes point out that our big brains let us ask questions and think, but also that we share fierce habits with our primate cousins. They stress that caring for animals and feeling social responsibility are part of what makes us human.

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Chimps are far too much human to be my favorite animal.

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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.

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Being evil is something that only humans are capable of.

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We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was "just human".

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Having respect for animals makes us better humans..

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Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't.

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You better not mess with chimps. They are much stronger than humans.

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I have found that to love and be loved is the most empowering and exhilarating of all human emotions.

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It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain…

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I'm always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them…

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Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive.

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When you meet chimps you meet individual personalities. When a baby chimp looks at you it's just like a human baby. We…

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There are many animal-welfare groups that sometimes seem to forget that human beings are animals too, that we need to include them…

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We, as humans, have actually developed a sense of social responsibility. We have gone beyond our basic instincts.

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Chimps act the way they feel unless they are afraid of reprisal if they do so. But that doesn't apply to humans.

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Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What…

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It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of young people…

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I had been told from school onwards that the best definition of a human being was man the tool-maker - yet I…

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Certainly the first true humans were unique by virtue of their large brains. It was because the human brain is so large…

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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…

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In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them?…

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...it honestly didn't matter how we humans got to be the way we are, whether evolution or special creation was responsible. What…

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I had never been able to believe that God would give us poor frail humans only one chance at making it --…

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Cultural speciation had been crippling to human moral and spiritual growth. It had hindered freedom of thought, limited our thinking, imprisoned us…

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Louis [Leakey] was anxious to initiate a scientific study of these chimpanzees. It would be difficult, he emphasized, for nothing was known;…

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I do not want to discuss evolution in such depth, however, only touch on it from my own perspective: from the moment…

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It's not that humans and non-humans are identical... but the lack of understanding that led to the slave trade is the same…

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What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.

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One cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human…

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There isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. All the time, we find animals doing things…

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We are unique. Chimpanzees are unique. Dogs are unique. But we humans are just not as different as we used to think.

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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…

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We, as humans, have actually developed a sense of social responsibility. We have gone beyond our basic instincts. We can and we…

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It is these undeniable qualities of human love and compassion and self-sacrifice that give me hope for the future. We are, indeed,…

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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…

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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…

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Animals are as deserving of a place on this planet as we are, and the difference between us is that humans have…

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You may not believe in evolution, and that is all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is…

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It has actually been suggested that warfare may have been the principle evolutionary pressure that created the huge gap between the human…

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Without the heart to ground it and open it to who we really can be as human beings, the brain is a…

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The voice of the natural world would be, "Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with our own…

What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.

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Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't.

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It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of…

I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle.

Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior.

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Having respect for animals makes us better humans..

If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls.

“We still have a long way to go. But we are moving in the right direction. If only we can overcome cruelty, to human…