The 85 best famous phrases of Jane Goodall
Valerie Jane Morris Goodall, better known as Jane Goodall, is an ethologist of English origin and messenger of peace of the UN that she has gained recognition thanks to her studies and work with wild chimpanzees, while she does various campaigns on environmental awareness and animal welfare.
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Great reflections and quotes from Jane Goodall
Her findings have not only given a completely new insight into chimpanzees, breaking down stigmata about not possessing intelligence, but also about the human impact (positive and negative) on your life and habitat. To learn a little more about her work and her opinions, we bring below 85 famous quotes from Jane Goodall.
1. Now that we have finally realized the terrible damage we have done to the environment, we are harnessing our ingenuity to find technological solutions.
It is time to fix our mistakes towards nature.
2. Every day we have the option to choose what will be the impact that we will cause to the environment with our decisions.
Our actions matter when it comes to the well-being of the environment.
3. There are still many things in the world that are worth fighting for.
The world has wonderful things and people.
4. Together, we can give chimpanzees living in captivity a better life.
A fight for your best animal friends.
5. I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
A taste that many of us can identify with.
6. Technology alone is not enough. We also have to put the heart.
If we do not put our heart, the actions will be empty.
7. Habitat destruction is often linked to the greed and materialism of the developed world.
The biggest reason for environmental destruction is consumerism.
8. Studying Chimpanzees... It has helped me understand, perhaps more than anything else, how different we are from them.
The more we spend time with animals, the more we see the weaknesses of humans.
9. The need for awareness to face the deterioration of the environment.
We must act immediately, before the damage is irreversible.
10. Many beautiful things, many wonderful people fighting to reverse the damage caused, to help alleviate the suffering.
You too can be one of them if you change your actions.
11. Together, we can save chimpanzees living in the wild in their home, their forest.
We can all contribute to the improvement of wildlife.
12. You cannot share your life with a dog or a cat if you don't understand that they too have personality, feelings and a mind.
All animals have characteristics similar to those of humans.
13. Today we humans are the ones to blame for the growing number of endangered species.
We are the ones most responsible for the extinction of animals.
14. I know that there is an economic crisis and that many people are having a really bad time... That's terrible.
The economic crisis is not an excuse to damage the environment.
15. Human beings are more compassionate.
Compassion is inherent in human beings.
16. I get up early, take a plane, go from one city to another, give a lecture, visit schools and universities.
A hectic life that he still maintains.
17. What happens is that if you have a brain as sophisticated and cunning as ours, but you disconnect it from the heart -in literary sense of the heart as the seat of love and compassion - then what emerges is a very dangerous.
The brain and heart shouldn't work in isolation.
18. And so many young people dedicated to making this a better world.
Young people have a great motivation to improve the environment.
19. Think every day about the consequences of your actions, what you eat, what you buy, in what environment you move! These details have great significance.
Consumerism is a big problem for the environment.
20. The human being is an extraordinary creature, but the way in which we have achieved it does not matter.
Not in all cases the end justifies the means.
21. My mission is to help understand how similar chimpanzees and many other animals are to us, and to explain that they have very similar feelings.
A work with the purpose of making us know the vulnerability of animals is admirable.
22. Most people may find that they are able to live on a little less.
It is the media that lead us to believe that we need more.
23. In the case of the chimpanzee, compassion can be seen between the mother and her calf, but it is rarely found in any other aspect.
Compassion rarely appears in animals.
24. Economic stability should consist of improving the standard of living of those who have nothing, and reducing the selfish standard of living of so many people who have much more than they need.
The true role of the economy.
25. I also review some of the projects in which they are working in any of the institutes, especially if they are intended to be developed in Africa.
Goodall also serves as a project tutor.
26. If we consider them, it would be an unprecedented change. We have very tight time. Do it now!
Each of us can bring a great change to the environment.
27. Evolution itself is meaningless if we are not capable of doing great things with who we are now.
A reflection to use technology for environmental well-being.
28. It is our responsibility to care for and protect them. I think this is better understood than talking in terms of rights.
Talking about protecting chimps.
29. Every little gesture on your own isn't going to make a big difference, but it's those tiny changes that create a society that will elect the right politicians, whom they will support when making decisions correct.
The impact of every little change we make.
30. I talk about how we are treating our planet, how we destroy forests, how we pollute the oceans, the air and the rivers; we are spraying poisonous chemicals on our food with our pesticides and herbicides.
The issues for which you are campaigning for awareness.
31. What's the point of collecting so many things?
There is no reason for accumulation.
32. Luckily, my presentations serve to change the lives of some people: many young people come and thank me for having facilitated the way to get to study biology or conservationism.
His presentations are more than inspiring.
33. They are all 'conspiring' to inspire us and give us hope that it is not yet too late to turn things around, as long as we each do our part.
The change depends on everyone's actions.
34. Of course, we don't want to live in a world without the great apes, our closest living relatives in the animal kingdom.
A world without animals would be pitiful.
35. Chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans have lived thousands of years in their forest, living fantastic lives, in environments where balance reigns, in spaces where it has never occurred to them to destroy the forest, destroy its world.
You have to understand and respect that nature is the home of animals.
36. Chimpanzees have given me so much ...
Animals are capable of giving us a lot of love.
37. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
What is the difference you want to make?
38. Little hatchlings being beaten. And medical research laboratories... Our closest relatives in meter and a half by meter and a half cages.
The cruelty towards animals that we can see in everyday life.
39. Knowing that an animal has a personality, feels pain, pain and fear, makes it more difficult for humans to exploit these animals for personal gain, such as hunting them for their fur or selling or trafficking their meats. It is easier to deny that reality.
This is the importance of educating people about the emotion of animals.
40. Animals help me get through my travel days.
Animals have a therapeutic character.
41. A world where we can never again marvel at the fantastic flight of bald eagles or hear the howl of wolves under the moonlight.
A dire world that we hope will not come.
42. I would say that they have been more successful than us in being in harmony with the environment.
We must learn the respect for nature that animals show.
43. The long hours spent with them in the jungle have enriched my life beyond imagination ...
When we live with animals, we perceive life differently.
44. After the chimpanzees have a fight, the victim raises and opens his arms in search of reassurance: wants to be hugged or patted, make sure the bond is still despite the confrontation. This is how social and personal harmony is restored.
A great lesson that we must learn.
45. Parents began to understand - through their children - how it was necessary to change that image of zoos in which only caged animals were seen.
It is the young people who are setting the example now.
46. As I go from one place to another around the world, I wrote down and remember very well those animals that I have gotten to know along the way.
All animals leave an impact on our hearts.
47. A world not enhanced by the sight of a grizzly bear and its cubs searching for berries in a barren wilderness.
Talking about a world without animals.
48. There are many studies that have shown that plants are good for our psychological development.
Plants have a therapeutic and beneficial effect on our health.
49. What I have learned from them has shaped my understanding of human behavior and our place in nature.
Great learning from animals.
50. Someday we will look back on this dark age of agriculture and shake our heads.
Agriculture went from being a good thing to being corrupt.
51. When you find orphaned chimpanzee babies, they touch your heart.
All children need their parents, including animals.
52. If closing the Zoo helps the animals to be well, it is the best.
As long as it is for the benefit of the animals.
53. We can have a peaceful world.
An objective expected by all.
54. What would our grandchildren and granddaughters think if they could only find these magical pictures in books?
Talking about a future where animals only exist in books.
55. If we put gardens and green environments in cities, the crime rate decreases.
A reference to the benefit and need to include more green areas in cities.
56. How could we ever have believed it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons.
Chemically modified foods seriously harm our health.
57. One way to help is by improving the lives of the people who live there so that they are part of the effort to protect the natural world.
Part of positive change is securing work for everyone.
58. We have created safe areas for them because we can't turn our backs on them, because these poor little orphans they come and look at you in such a way that you cannot say: sorry, I have too many chimpanzees, you will have to die.
Speaking of the effort to create more space and help for orphaned chimps.
59. In any case, the important thing is that they have a suitable place for their transfer, because in some cases they are transferred to other habitats that are more damaging or worse than where they were.
It is useless to close zoos if the animals are sent to an environment where their death is assured.
60. We can move towards a world where we can live in harmony with nature, where we live in harmony with others.
An ideal world without a doubt.
61. The ideal world is the world in which we learn to control population growth in such a way that there are not too many people in each country.
A great solution but unfortunately not everyone wants to hear.
62. Victims of assaults, the mentally ill, and the sick in hospitals begin to recover when they spend time in nature.
Without a doubt, nature has a revitalizing effect on our system.
63. The combination of extreme poverty with a growing population leads to the destruction of the environment because these people are trying to survive.
Poverty is also a need to be solved.
64. Here we are, the smartest species that ever lived. So how can we destroy the only planet we have?
What good is it that we are the smartest species if we are destroying our home?
65. The only answer is that if we don't change our lifestyle, if we don't stop depending on fossil energy, on oil, our society will collapse.
All solutions point towards the same thing: eliminate consumerism.
66. The City should consider, especially in the case of elephants, which, like whales or dolphins, are species that should never be in a zoo.
There are animals that simply cannot be confined.
67. It doesn't matter what nation we come from, it doesn't matter what our culture is, it doesn't matter what religion we profess. This is the path towards which we must advance.
The environmental issue is a concern of all, not of a specific group.
68. A world in which when you make a decision you ask yourself: How will this decision today affect future generations?
This is a question that we must all ask ourselves.
69. So we need them, we need forests and natural environments because they give us a deep psychological sense.
Nature impacts us too.
70. To the chimpanzees of the world, to those who live free in nature and to those captive and enslaved by man.
Work for all the chimpanzees that exist.
71. There are no infinite resources.
Speaking of the planet's resources.
72. It remains to be understood that animals have personality and feelings.
When we can understand that, things will really change for the better.
73. I have lived in this world for over 84 years, and indeed I have lived in a different era and have gone through many ages and moments to get to the present.
Everything in life is about change.
74. A world where we don't have as much pressure from big business.
Where we can choose without having to feel part of something.
75. Ecological parks are the best option, especially for the youngest, since it allows you to get closer and learn about animal life in a different way. It is difficult for zoos to do that.
The difference between zoos and ecological parks.
76. They were practically like... well, they weren't family, I can't describe it, but I felt very close to them. And I left that conference as an activist.
The change of perspective for a new fight.
77. One of our main themes is how childhood experiences affect adult behavior. If an experience is detrimental to our closest relative, the chimpanzee, we should ask ourselves if it has the same effect in humans.
Animals suffer too.
78. I think the most important message I can give you is that if we want to achieve peace among human beings, we also need to have a harmony with the natural world.
A great message that we all need to hear.
79. I have lived an extraordinary journey throughout my 84 years. It is something I could never have imagined when I was just a child, and during this trip, many people have shown their support.
We manage to meet valuable people in our journeys through life.
80. A world in which children are allowed to be children and have fun. And a world in which we learn to respect other living beings and to be in harmony with nature.
A world where we can all develop without fear and respecting our surroundings.
81. When a baby chimpanzee looks at you, she is like a human baby. We have a responsibility to them.
Babies are people who need protection and love, whatever their race.
82. It is an important question, especially in relation to the dysfunctional behavior that we see today in our adolescents. To what extent is it due to our way of educating them?
Education is the main pillar of all value that we have as a person.
83. I didn't make a conscious decision, I just knew I had to do something.
Sometimes our instincts are the best advisers.
84. We cannot do this alone. It is really important to strengthen our relationships and friendships.
Teamwork is most needed in this fight.
85. I must work with young people today to encourage new generations to look beyond the current situation of our poor planet, to improve the situation, before it becomes too late.
Hope is in the youth of tomorrow.
