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 Image
When you borrow you plan to pay back. We're stealing from our children - so many people have no intention of paying… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Terrorism is usually fueled by poverty, and the fanatical faith of the terrorists who truly believe that the more people they kill… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
That's what keeps me going. Everywhere I go there are young people with shining eyes wanting to tell me, "Dr. Jane, we're… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Other people have talked about chimpanzees being a window into the past, which I suppose is true, in a way. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I've learned that if you want people to join in any kind of conservation effort, you have to help them to care… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Hundreds and thousands of young people around the world can break through and can make this a better world for all living… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody has the right to a huge family. There's already more people on the planet than our natural resources… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Without the support of local people, you might as well give up because you can make all the noise you like, you… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Our brain is almost the same as the chimps', but we have language, we have electronic communications, we've put people on the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
When you meet these outstanding leaders who have been through a programme that empowers them to take positive action, to make things… — 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
Thousands of people who say they love animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who… — 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
We started off with physical evolution and got our form. Then we somehow developed language, which meant cultural evolution could race so… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
…I understood why those who had lived through war or economic disasters, and who had built for themselves a good life and… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
A book came out recently written by scientists and environmentalists that made me so angry. It said the only thing we have… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We are always talking about how we can get more environmental and humanitarian education. It is about listening to the voice of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
If a chimp who has been abused horribly by humans can help a human friend in a time of need, how much… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There are many people out there (me being one of them) who can vouch that animals have feelings; they feel compassion and… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I've watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it's because they tend to believe all… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I think I'd like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
People say maybe we have a soul and chimpanzees don't. I feel that it's quite possible that if we have souls, chimpanzees… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
People say, "Oh, we ought to fight for animal rights." We fought for human rights, but even if humans have rights, they… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The hardest part of returning to a truly healthy environment may be changing the current totally unsustainable heavy-meat-eating culture of increasing numbers… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We have to create more and more vegetarians, and help people to understand that it is not only the suffering of the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
They used to ask: "How will this decision that we make today affect our people in the future?" Now we make decisions… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I believe sharing stories and experiences is the best way to teach people to empathize! — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We could change the world tomorrow if all the millions of people around the world acted the way they believe. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Some people actually do not like animals - hard for me to understand, but true. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I believe the only hope for mankind lies in the hands of our young people. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I love to write - it is a great source of reflection, especially as I continue to meet many new inspiring people. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There would be very little point in my exhausting myself and other conservationists themselves in trying to protect animals and habitats if… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I would never say I was an icon, but so many people have said I am, so I suppose I am. I… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I sometimes wonder how some people can live with themselves in some of the big companies today. So many far-reaching decisions are… — 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 Image
What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
