If you look through all the different cultures. Right from the earliest, earliest days with the animistic religions, we have sought to have some kind of explanation for our life, for our being, that is outside of our humanity. - Jane Goodall
One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun. - Jane Goodall
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. - Jane Goodall
Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved. - Jane Goodall
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right. - Jane Goodall
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. - Jane Goodall
My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. - Jane Goodall
A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do. - Jane Goodall
Roots creep under the ground to make a firm foundation. Shoots seems new and small, but to reach the light they can break through brick walls. - Jane Goodall
I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other's company. - Jane Goodall
People say to me so often, 'Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people are asking these questions and yet you seem peaceful,' and I always answer that it is the peace of the forest that I carry inside. - Jane Goodall
I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Doolittle. - Jane Goodall
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. - Jane Goodall
Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have? - Jane Goodall
The greatest danger to our future is apathy. - Jane Goodall
Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved. - Jane Goodall
The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves. - Jane Goodall
Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change. - Jane Goodall
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. - Jane Goodall
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. - Jane Goodall
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference. - Jane Goodall
If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way. - Jane Goodall
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. - Jane Goodall