Cultural speciation had been crippling to human moral and spiritual growth. It had hindered freedom of thought, limited our thinking, imprisoned us in the cultures into which we had been born. . . . These cultural mind prisons. . . . Cultural speciation was clearly a barrier to world peace. So long as we continued to attach more importance to our own narrow group membership than to the โglobal villageโ we would propagate prejudice and ignorance.
Jane GoodallTo me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and deliberately inflicting suffering on that creature, we are guilty, whether it be human or animal.
Jane GoodallEvery single day, we could be in a motorcar accident, so, we have to carry on with our lives, and not imagine terror around every corner.
Jane GoodallThe cheapest and most efficient way of slowing down global warming is to protect and restore the forests, particularly the tropical forests
Jane GoodallWe, as humans, have actually developed a sense of social responsibility. We have gone beyond our basic instincts. We can and we do. This is what sets us apart from the chimps. They are extremely brutal and hostile. Your next door neighbor is to be killed unless she is a juicy young female, who hasn't yet had her first baby, in which case you want her.
Jane Goodall