Quotes by Jane Goodall

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Intellect is useful for solving problems, doing complex mathematical operations, or exploring the universe, but if you're intelligent, you don't destroy your only home, that's not very intelligent. We seem to have lost our wisdom.

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The organized, money-hungry commercial machine (...) uses any means to advertise and sell the goods - thus encouraging consumption, and thus starts teenagers down the slope with deceptive advertisements.

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I easily become gloomy when I think about the terrible power of some large multinational companies, the way they hold governments and institutions in their grip, and the way they have forced their products onto the market. But we must not forget that David defeated Goliath!

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All the effects of the abuse of planet Earth are gradually reaching all levels of society in all parts of the world. More and more people understand that poisoning our farmland with chemicals also means poisoning ourselves. And more and more people are starting to realize what the world will be like for our great-grandchildren if we don't act. Right away.

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In our modern, fast-paced, materialistic society, many people are alienated from their food and do not think that plants are also living beings, but I believe that as more and more of us deal with the production of our own food and with harvesting it and then bringing it to our table, our close bond with the flora will re-evolve somewhat.

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The abundance of nature has been exhausted partly by poverty and partly by the unsustainable way of life of the growing upper and middle classes. The consumption-oriented, material lifestyle exported from the West to developing countries creates the market for the goods that are produced from the forest, and this fuels our greedy desire for more and more things that we don't really need.

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Sometimes those who start fighting to save the forests or a part of the forest are simply too desperate to persist. I understand the reason for their gloomy outlook, but we must not, must not, must not give up! Rather, we must fight even harder and support the efforts of those who work tirelessly in so many areas to save what can be saved.

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The forest is not there to "serve" us! Rather, we must wisely understand its operation and gratefully accept its benefits.

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The forests are admirable in themselves. To me, they have an uplifting power that makes them the most magical places on earth.

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As long as our governments and major financial institutions aim for never-ending economic growth, as long as big corporations continue to prioritize immediate profits over the future of our children, and as long as so many of the earth's inhabitants continue to live in abject poverty, crimes against nature will never end.

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I have often heard the saying that "we did not inherit this planet from our parents, we borrowed it from our children." Unfortunately, this is no longer true. We did not borrow the land from our children, we stole it from them.

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We must not lose hope, we must not give up... But time is running out and we must speed up the work, otherwise it will be too late.

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By acting as stewards, considering how we live and what demands we place on the planet's natural occurrences, we can help make this world a better place for all living beings. In addition, we ourselves will feel better, we will feel less guilty.

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How admirable are the inhabitants of the animal world around us! Even when complex behavior is dictated only by instinct - whether innate or programmed through genetic inheritance - it's amazing.

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A little drink in the evening is like medicine: after a hard day's work, it cheers you up, relaxes you, and frees your mind from daily worries.

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The human race is separated from the animals, but in its arrogance it wants to dominate nature. Fortunately, we haven't completely destroyed the Garden of Eden yet.

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Touching the soil and plants, working with them, the smell of the earth, the fragrance of the plants and their soothing colors relieve tension and infuse a person with spirit. Just half an hour of gardening can improve your mood and help you face our problems and difficulties in life. And although a real garden is the best, taking care of a few potted flowers can also have an extremely beneficial effect on us.

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If we respect nature, animals and each other, things would be very different. I want a future where we have learned to live in harmony with nature, where we have developed new ways of living, producing food and making money. We must leave behind the arrogance that just because we have the brains to design rockets to Mars, we have more right to live on this planet than an octopus. We must realize that we are part of this natural world and that our lives depend on it.

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I have hope for the future: young people who understand the problems and have the power to change the world.

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Every food purchase is also a vote. We tend to think that our individual, small actions don't matter, that nothing depends on a single meal. But every catch, every bite has its own history, the way it was produced or raised, the way it was harvested. Our purchases and votes determine the road ahead.

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In our materialistic world, where only money matters, the human values ​​of love and compassion are often lost.

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If we start thinking about the consequences of our daily decisions, we will make more ethical decisions. (...) We are influenced every day of our lives, and it depends on our decisions how.

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There are two sides to everything. Just as only man can be truly evil, so only man can be truly selfless.

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Isn't it strange that the most intelligent creature on the planet destroys its own habitat?

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Our earth cannot afford the reckless consumption fever of the Western world, which is encircling the globe with its greedy tentacles. The price is too high, and most of it will be paid by our children. Only by coming together and rejecting food that clings to poison and suffering can we stand up to the corporate power that roams our planet. Let's hold hands! Let's speak for the mute and the poor!

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But it would also be nice if we could see into the earth to see everything that is hidden under the surface - just like looking at the sky store we can see all the way to the distant stars! Glancing at a giant tree, my gaze runs along its grooved trunk, its many branches and leaves. However, this is only one, the visible part of the tree, the other half of its body - its roots - lives underground, stretching towards the depths. They penetrate down millimeter by millimeter year after year, pushing aside soil particles, hugging rocks around them, sometimes entwining themselves in order to take up water and mineral salts from the soil and transmit them to the above-ground part of the body, where they are firmly fixed.

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Everything in nature tends towards some kind of balance, so for example, when a plant-eating insect multiplies excessively, the amount of plant food decreases so much that it cannot support the swollen insect population, so it declines again - and the whole consumer-food cycle can start over.

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Plants have so much to offer people! Scientists can ponder an endless number of new questions as modern techniques reveal more and more knowledge about plant biology. The nature diver always has the opportunity to pay more and more admiration to nature, since even a simple magnifying glass can open a new window on the world. To the artist? What a rich source of flora for pen, brush and camera! And for a child, it's magic when a tuber planted in the ground sprouts a beautiful flower.

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We all enjoy the beauty of nature around us if we are able to see it. Even on the busy streets of big cities, it happens that small plants emerge boldly from the cracks in the pavement. Let's stop for a moment, look at it and admire its "determination", its will to live. And let's be thankful that we live in such a wonderful, fascinating and magical world - the world of plants.

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The tranquility of the forests became a part of my existence. And indeed, if I close my eyes, I can sometimes transform the noise of loud conversation or traffic into the cries of baboons or chimpanzees, the sound of the wind in the branches, or the sound of waves breaking on the beach. It is a gift that I have this ability, given to me by the forest, for which I am deeply and endlessly grateful.

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When we accept that even those with less developed brains feel pain, we begin to think about our relationship with other animals in a new light. We will not only be humbled, we will be ashamed, since our carelessness and ignorance have caused so much cruelty.