At some point, my body will collapse. But I hope that my brain will still be working so that I can carry on with writing.
Jane GoodallWhat makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.
Jane GoodallAbove all we must realize that each of us makes a difference with our life. Each of us impacts the world around us every single day. We have a choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place - or not to bother
Jane GoodallWe have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
Jane GoodallIs it not possible that the chimpanzees are responding to some feeling like awe? A feeling generated by the mystery of water; water that seems alive, always rushing past yet never going, always the same yet ever different. Was it perhaps similar feelings of awe that gave rise to the first animistic religions, the worship of the elements and the mysteries of nature over which there was no control? Only when our prehistoric ancestors developed language would it have been possible to discuss such internal feelings and create a shared religion.
Jane Goodall