Quotes from Jane Goodall

The environment we create will determine what prevails. In other words, what we nurture and encourage wins.

survival of your own genes," I said.

Why don't you see if you can google that Einstein quote while I feed him. It's in his book The World As I See It." While Jane was gone, I looked it up. And there it was, in the book Jane suggested: "The harmony of natural law Ã¢â'¬Â¦ reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.

One of the most important things about roots is that they hold the soil in place.

He had said that forgiveness is how we unchain ourselves from the past. We

No puede pasar un día sin una repercusión tuya en el mundo que te rodea. Tus acciones marcan una diferencia y tú decides que tipo de diferencia quieres marcar.

We need a new universal moral code.

It was twelve-year-old Edmond Albius, whose mother had worked on a vanilla plantation on Réunion (a small island off Madagascar), who revolutionized vanilla farming. The young Albius came up with a unique and innovative method of hand-pollination that is still being used to this day.

He said that history takes two steps forward and one step back.

Later Rick was interviewed. 'You must have known it was dangerous—why did you do it?' he was asked. 'Well, you see, I happened to look into his eyes, and it was like looking into the eyes of a man,' he said. 'And the message was, "Won't anybody help me?" That same look in the eyes of the vulnerable and oppressed people that has appealed to human altruism led to so many heroic acts.

think that wisdom involves using our powerful intellect to recognize the consequences of our actions and

It was from a species long thought to be extinct—a species known only from the fossil record, a species that turned out to have survived for two hundred million years. Those trees, who came to be known as Wollemi pines, had been in that canyon, getting on with their lives, through seventeen Ice Ages!

I think humanity at least has a shared understanding of what justice means.

First—we must alleviate poverty.

There are over seven billion of us today

Another plant whose incredible power to heal was confirmed by Western medicine is the Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)

My very favorite example of this is the story of Methuselah and Hannah," she said, "two very special date palms. Methuselah was the first to be brought back to life—from one of a number of seeds discovered in King Herod's desert fortress on the shores of the Dead Sea in the Jordan Rift Valley.

That there's intelligence in all life

My hope for the future is that we learn wisdom again.

Today it is known as Haller Park and is visited by people from around the world, and it serves as a model for other restoration projects.

All animal life ultimately depends on plants if you think about

Yes, I've found that stories reach the heart better than any facts or figures.

She truly is a symbol of the resilience of nature—and a reminder of all that was lost on that terrible day twenty years ago.

eco-anxiety.