I love to write - it is a great source of reflection, especially as I continue to meet many new inspiring people.

It would be absolutely useless for any of us to work to save wildlife without working to educate the next generation of conservationists.

The best relationship you can have with a chimpanzee is total mutual trust.

Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world.

There are an awful lot of scientists today who believe that before very long we shall have unraveled all the secrets of the universe. There will be no puzzles anymore. To me, it'd be really, really tragic because I think one of the most exciting things is this feeling of mystery, feeling of awe, the feeling of looking at a little live thing and being amazed by it and how it has emerged through these hundreds of years of evolution and there it is and it is perfect and why.

One cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human children.

We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother