Quotes from Jane Goodall

You don't really get over it. It is such a great loss," Jane said. "I guess the depth of our grief is a reminder of the depth of our love.

Alas, the pandemic has produced many heroes, like the doctors, nurses, and health care workers who risk--and too often lose--their lives as they battle tirelessly to save others.

In other words, what we nurture and encourage wins.

and some degree of social justice, the generous and peaceful aspects of our nature are likely to prevail; while in a society of racial discrimination and economic injustice, violence will thrive.

For this reason I believe that only humans are capable of true evil—only we can sit down and, in cold blood, work out ways to torture people, to inflict pain. Carefully plan horrific cruelty.

During the various lockdown periods around the world, when there was less traffic and many industries were halted, fossil fuel emissions decreased significantly. Some people from the big cities had the luxury, perhaps for the first time, of breathing clear air and seeing the stars shine brightly in the night sky. Many people shared their delight in being able to hear the song of birds as the noise level decreased.

using our powerful intellect to recognize the consequences of our actions and to think of the well-being of the whole.

I watched a TV show where the scientist proudly showed how he could kill little mice by making a certain kind of loud noise.

And don't forget that all the animals I've been talking about are individuals with personalities. Many--and especially pigs--are highly intelligent, and each one knows fear, misery, and feels pain.

She said there's always beauty, even when there's pain and suffering. She learned not to hide from the darkness, just not to get lost in it.

Hope is a survival instinct

Hope is a survival trait

And there's another thing, Doug. Just as only we are capable of true evil," Jane said, "I think only we are capable of true altruism.

The horrific conditions in which billions of domestic animals are bred for food, milk, and eggs have also led to the spawning of new diseases such as the contagious swine flu that started on a factory farm in Mexico and noninfectious ones like E. coli, MRSA (staph), and salmonella.

The Buddhists believe that we can be reincarnated as animals-it depends on where we are on the path toward enlightenment. And, of course, both Hinduism and Buddhism believe in karma-if you suffer misfortune, you are paying for sins you did in a previous life.

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Moral evolution, I think, is understanding how we should behave, how we should treat others, understanding justice, understanding the need for a more equitable society. Spiritual evolution is more about meditating on the mystery of creation and the Creator, asking who we are and why we are here and understanding how we are part of the amazing natural world-again Shakespeare says it beautifully when he talks of seeing 'books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

that she suddenly understood how a sense of compassion for the victims of oppression can lead to a hatred of the oppressor—and there you have a recipe for reciprocal violence and internecine war like in Rwanda and Burundi.

enhances the orchid's reproductive success—but not his own! The best known of these cheats is the bee orchid—the flower looks and feels like a female bee and even has the same pheromones.

Are you saying we have to find a way of forgiving the oppressor?" I asked, somewhat suspect of this ability to forgive or have compassion for the oppressor.

But you see, Doug," Jane continued, suddenly animated again, "this just shows you the importance of language. We can discuss these problems. We can teach our children the importance of looking at a problem from different points of view. To keep an open mind. To choose forgiveness instead of revenge.

Phragmipedium kovachii. It is a stunningly beautiful orchid from the Amazon rain forest in northeast Peru, with a blue-purple flower that can have a horizontal spread of up to nine and a half inches.

Spring, about the horrific damage caused by the use of DDT." "That book really did help start a movement," I agreed. "The right book or the right film at the right time really can change the culture. Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth is another example. Books like Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow and Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy have

she never lost hope. She told herself, 'This is temporary.