Quotes from Jane Goodall

There is now scientific research that proves that gardening promotes well-being in people experiencing depression or distress, including those who are elderly, homeless, or mentally ill. Indeed, putting one's hands in the soil, feeling the texture of plants, smelling their scents, and looking at their calming colors can relax the mind and uplift the spirits.

And give thanks that we live in such a wonderful, magical, and endlessly fascinating kingdom. The kingdom of the plants.

I truly believe that a lot of what I perceive as deliberate cruelty is based on ignorance.

Or you agree with Pierre Teilhard de Chardin when he said, 'We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

Hope,' Jane said, 'is what enables us to keep going in the face of adversity. It is what we desire to happen, but we must be prepared to work hard to make it so.

nature is there, waiting to move in and help to heal herself.

You cannot share your life with a dog or a cat and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.

Moral evolution, I think, is understanding how we should behave, how we should treat others, understanding justice, understanding the need for a more equitable society.

It's been a difficult few months," I admitted. "You don't really get over it. It is such a great loss," Jane said. "I guess the depth of our grief is a reminder of the depth of our love.

Someone once wondered why it is that if a work of Man is destroyed, it is called vandalism, but if a work of nature, of God, is destroyed it is so often called progress.

But as more people realize that animals have a right to live and are sentient beings with personalities, minds, and emotions, there is increased public support for these programs. What's really exciting is that some of these species in the European plains were on the very brink of extinction.

Hope is contagious. Your actions will inspire others. It is my sincere desire that this book will help you find solace in a time of anguish, direction in a time of uncertainty, courage in a time of fear.

The development of these plantations thus went hand in hand with the expansion of the colonies—particularly those of Britain, France, Holland, Spain, and Portugal—in tropical and subtropical countries, including those in the Caribbean and the Americas.

However, in order to be economically successful, the colonial invaders needed plentiful supplies of cheap labor—and it was this that led to the transatlantic slave trade.

And a sense of meaning is so important for hope and happiness, isn't it?" I asked. "It is," Jane replied. "Without meaning, life is empty and day will follow day, month will follow month, and year will follow year in mindless succession." "Those," I reflected, "are the people who have lost hope.

palm oil, not only for inclusion in many food products but also for biofuel. Because palm oil is considered a "clean" alternative to petroleum, the demand for it is growing in the United States and Europe.

BirutÄ— Galdikas, the primatologist and authority on orangutans, has been fighting to fend off poachers, miners, and loggers over the years, but palm oil has proven to be the greatest threat of all.

I guess the depth of our grief is a reminder of the depth of our love.

When we face adversity, it is hope that gives us the confidence to rally our indomitable spirit to overcome it.

One could argue that the human intellect was the greatest mistake in evolution—a mistake that is now threatening all life on the planet.

Only if we can understand, can we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.

David Greybeard was eventually named one of the fifteen most influential animals that ever lived by Time magazine.

Hugo van Lawick, the Dutch filmmaker who recorded Jane's discoveries, ultimately became her first husband.

Hope, on the other hand, is a stubborn determination to do all you can to make it work.