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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 I have learned from them has shaped my understanding of human behavior, of our place in nature.”

Quote by Jane Goodall

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Jane Goodall, born on April 3, 1934, is a renowned primatologist. She is best known for her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees and is considered one of the founders of modern primatology. Dr. Goodall's work has had a profound impact on our understanding of animal behavior. more

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“My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. And can I do that alone? No. So there is a whole army of youth that can do it. So I suppose my mission is to reach as many of those young people as I can through my own efforts.”

People World I Can Whole Young Can Do My Own Effort Youth Army Harmony Missions

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“Just remember--if you are really and truly determined to work with animals, somehow, either now or later, you will find a way to do it. But you have to want it desperately, work hard, take advantage of an opportunity--and never give up.”

Ifs Way Want Giving Hard Remember Opportunity Animal Hard Work Giving Up Advantage Determined Never Giving Up

Book:My Life with the Chimpanzees

Source: My Life with the Chimpanzees

“The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.”

I Can Eye Speak Can Do Right Now Prison Miserable Staring Metals Speaks Out Without Hope Chimpanzees

Book:Jane Goodall: 40 years at Gombe : a tribute to four decades of wildlife research, education, and conservation

Source: Jane Goodall: 40 years at Gombe : a tribute to four decades of wildlife research, education, and conservation

“But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.”

Humans Order Forget Compassion Higher Heritage Spheres Rooted Sensibility Magnitude Love And Compassion Chimpanzees Primates Human Love

Book:Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe

Source: Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe

“I urge you to read Eternal Treblinka and think deeply about its important message.”

Thinking Important Eternal Messages Urges Treblinka

Author:Jane Goodall

“The most important thing is to actually think about what you do. To become aware and actually think about the effect of what you do on the environment and on society. That's key, and that underlies everything else.”

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“Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity.”

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“I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.”

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“I don't have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I’m out in nature. It’s just something that's bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it's enough for me.”

Feels Believe Ideas Enough Spiritual Bigger Stronger Spiritual Power Great Spiritual

Author:Jane Goodall

“Saving the world requires saving democracy. That requires well-informed citizens. Conservation, environment, poverty, community, education, family, health, economy- these combine to make one quest: liberty and justice for all. Whether one's special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same place being human comes from: compassion.”

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