I believe sharing stories and experiences is the best way to teach people to empathize!

One individual cannot possible make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!

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.

I never wanted to give up. I thought I might have to. Especially at the beginning when chimpanzees had never seen a white person before.They gave one look at me and ran away! They were scared, but eventually I got their trust.

Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries.

I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.

Other people have talked about chimpanzees being a window into the past, which I suppose is true, in a way.