400 Quotes by Jane Goodall

The more we spread the word, the further it will go and more it will change!

Every stage of my life set the scene for the next, and at each point all I had to do was say "yes" and not think too much about the consequences.

If you look through all the different cultures. Right from the earliest, earliest days with the animistic religions, we have sought to have some kind of explanation for our life, for our being, that is outside of our humanity.

There are many people out there (me being one of them) who can vouch that animals have feelings; they feel compassion and love, as well as pain!

If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls.

Science demands objective factual evidence - proof; spiritual experience is subjective and leads to faith.

When I go back to Gombe it's to be in that timeless world where it's soft and where life is entwined and you actually see the pattern of nature. I always feel this great spiritual power which I believe is around.

Every individual matters and has a role to play in this life on Earth.

there have been too many events in my life, and in the lives of my friends, which have defied any kind of scientific explanation. Science does not have appropriate tools for the dissection of the spirit.