Quotes from Jane Goodall

don't really like to go for a walk without a dog." "Why is that?" "A dog gives a walk a purpose." "How?" "Well, you are making someone else happy.

And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.

I love dogs, not chimps. Some chimps are nice, and some are horrid. I don't actually think of them as animals any more than I think of us as animals, although both of us are.

Sometimes I [longed to be a chimp]... I just wanted to know... what it felt like in the evening to be making a nest and what it felt like to be a female when a big male comes thundering in.

Hope is a survival trait and without it we perish

Niña mía, sal al mundo, camina despacio y en silencio, absórbelo, y con el tiempo tu espíritu, el universo, se conocerá a sí mismo: el Yo Eterno.

Grub and Derek sitting on the veranda of the house in Dar es Salaam. Derek was a nationalized Tanzanian. He knew Swahili as well as he knew English. And he was liked and respected by almost all Tanzanians, including the Kigoma officials and my own field staff. He helped me to build up a new research center, where almost all the observations were made by the Tanzanian field staff. The

My role in life is to give people hope, because if you run out of hope, we may as well give up.

We're not really a very intelligent species when we destroy our home.

if they worked together physically, and united spiritually, they could achieve anything.

THERE IS STILL SO MUCH IN THE WORLD WORTH FIGHTING FOR. SO MUCH THAT IS BEAUTIFUL, SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE WORKING TO REVERSE THE HARM, TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING. AND SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE DEDICATED TO MAKING THIS A BETTER WORLD. ALL CONSPIRING TO INSPIRE US AND TO GIVE US HOPE THAT IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO TURN THINGS AROUND, IF WE ALL DO OUR PART.

How do we get people to heed the dire warnings of the people on the ground who have been fighting this danger for so long? How do we get them to take action?

when we feel we can make a difference, and we're given the means to do so, positive outcomes can happen that in turn allow hope to prevail.

Fridays for Future" was initiated by Greta Thunberg

We've got to support them, encourage them, empower them, listen to them, and

Our guide was in the background saying, 'This whale has forgiven us. She has forgiven us for who we were and is seeing who we are today.

Many people understand the dire state of the planet—but do nothing about it because they feel helpless and hopeless.

educate them.

Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.

Actually, it's a survival trait," she finally concluded. "That's what it is. It is a human survival trait and without it we perish.

If we live in a society with a reasonable standard of living 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.

would be to rejoin the Paris Agreement and recommit to building a healthier economy and planet. Sixty-one percent of Americans age eighteen to twenty-nine—who made up almost one-fifth of the electorate—would vote for Biden.

I am feeling wonder and awe about this incredible world we live in. And the truth is, we're destroying it before we've even finished learning about it.

Children—and adults—who have a growth mindset are much more successful than those who have a fixed mindset about themselves and the world. But