{"author":"Jane Goodall","author_id":"Jane+Goodall","total_quotes":37,"quotes":[{"text":"The part that always shocked me was the inter-community violence among the chimps: the patrols and the vicious attacks on strangers that lead to death. It's an unfortunate parallel to human behavior - they have a dark side just as we do. We have less excuse, because we can deliberate, so I believe only we are capable of true calculated evil.","author":"Jane Goodall","tags":["evil","believe","violence "],"id":2172,"author_id":"Jane+Goodall"},{"text":"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.","author":"Jane Goodall","tags":["inspiration"],"id":7396,"author_id":"Jane+Goodall"},{"text":"You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.","author":"Jane Goodall","tags":["life","dog","animals "],"id":35326,"author_id":"Jane+Goodall"},{"text":"From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That's what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.","author":"Jane Goodall","tags":["fear","strong","power "],"id":36537,"author_id":"Jane+Goodall"},{"text":"At that moment there was no need of any scientific knowledge to understand his communication of reassurance. The soft pressure of his fingers spoke to me not through my intellect but through a more primitive emotional channel: the barrier of untold centuries which has grown up during the separate evolution of man and chimpanzee was, for those few seconds, broken down.It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.","author":"Jane Goodall","tags":["animal","chimpanzee","nature"],"id":57702,"author_id":"Jane+Goodall"},{"text":"My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to them carefully and you still think that you're right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.","author":"Jane Goodall","tags":["mother","people","think "],"id":70804,"author_id":"Jane+Goodall"},{"text":"I've watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it's because they tend to believe all the hype that's out there. I don't think there's that much hype about me.","author":"Jane Goodall","tags":["change","believe","me "],"id":80485,"author_id":"Jane+Goodall"},{"text":"I do have hope. Nature is enormously resilient, humans are vastly intelligent, the energy and enthusiasm that can be kindled among young people seems without limit, and he human spirit is indomitable. But if we want life, we will have to stop depending on someone else to save the world. It is up to us-you and me, all of us. Myself, I have placed my faith in the children.","author":"Jane Goodall","tags":["children","conservation","energy","future","hope","humans","life"],"id":100942,"author_id":"Jane+Goodall"},{"text":"I did this book 'Harvest for Hope,' and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we have the guts not of a carnivore, but of an herbivore. Herbivore guts are very long because they have to get the last bit of nutrition out of leaves and things.","author":"Jane Goodall","tags":["food","book","harvest "],"id":118317,"author_id":"Jane+Goodall"},{"text":"Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.","author":"Jane Goodall","tags":["listening","believe","people "],"id":130804,"author_id":"Jane+Goodall"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}