Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
Jane GoodallCertainly it's very often true that women tend to be a bit quieter and more prepared to sit there and let the animal tell you things.
Jane GoodallIt's been proven by quite a few studies that plants are good for our psychological development. If you green an area, the rate of crime goes down. Torture victims begin to recover when they spend time outside in a garden with flowers. So we need them, in some deep psychological sense, which I don't suppose anybody really understands yet.
Jane GoodallIt's not that humans and non-humans are identical... but the lack of understanding that led to the slave trade is the same lack of understanding many people have about animals today. When slaves were brought over from Africa, many people believed they were not humans, that they didn't have feelings. Many people believe that primates and other animals don't have feelings, too, but they do.
Jane Goodall