I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I still think we are smart enough to not destroy planet Earth, our only home. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was "just human". — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I think we're still in a muddle with our language, because once you get words and a spoken language it gets harder… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We are unique. Chimpanzees are unique. Dogs are unique. But we humans are just not as different as we used to think. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't… — 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
I don't think that faith, whatever you're being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don't want to explain this… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Your life matters. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what's most important is to… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Whales, like elephants, are so social and intelligent. This hurts me to think of them being transported, put in noisy airplanes, and… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The person who has the most influence on me is my mother. Think of life as a flight where we fly higher… — 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
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
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
In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them?… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Cultural speciation had been crippling to human moral and spiritual growth. It had hindered freedom of thought, limited our thinking, imprisoned us… — 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
Just think of the trust that often exists in soldiers. Within their own unit, you could say they have to trust each… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
You're thinking about putting scientists into small cages and doing research on them. I wish it could happen sometimes. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing to do is to be willing to listen, willing to care, and willing to admit mistakes… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I urge you to read Eternal Treblinka and think deeply about its important message. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
If you catch somebody doing something wrong, he will just cringe away and curl up. He will not listen anymore. Instead, he… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Every stage of my life set the scene for the next, and at each point all I had to do was say… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I get upset when so many people say there are all sorts of problems in Africa and India where they have these… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I think we must cling to the hope that we can see in the great heroism, the bravery of the firemen and… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to actually think about what you do. To become aware and actually think about the effect of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
If you look into their [chimpanzees] eyes, you know you're looking into a thinking mind. They teach us that we are not… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The Soul of Money is an inspired and utterly fascinating book. It will change the way you think about money. ... It… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Language allows us to talk about the past and plan the future. We can teach children about things that are not present.… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I do not want to discuss evolution in such depth, however, only touch on it from my own perspective: from the moment… — 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
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