Jane Goodall's Little Book of Selected Quotes

by Reflections Quill

"Words can enhance experience, but they can also take so much away. We see an insect and at once we abstract certain characteristics and classify it - a fly. And in that very cognitive exercise, part of the wonder is gone. Once we have labeled the things around us we do not bother to look at them so carefully. Words are part of our rational selves, and to abandon them for a while is to give freer reign to our intuitive selves." - Jane Goodall
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"We seem to have lost the wisdom of the indigenous people, which dictated that in any major decision, the first consideration was 'How will this decision we're making today affect our people in the future?' These days, decisions are made based on the bottom line." - Jane Goodall
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"Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest,living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment." - Jane Goodall

108 pages, Paperback

Published June 30, 2023

Reviews

[Brooke Shackelford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a little collection of quotes by Jane Goodall. Easy to read in half an hour. So glad I got to hear her speak in Toronto a few weeks before she passed away. Her voice is needed in this world more than ever and it was nice to sit for a while in her thoughts while I read through this short book.