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"It has actually been suggested that warfare may have been the principle evolutionary pressure that created the huge gap between the human brain and that of our closest living relatives, the anthropoid apes. Whole groups of hominids with inferior brains could not win wars and were therefore exterminated."
"Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?"
"If only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal, with love and compassion we shall stand at the threshold of a new era in human moral and spiritual evolution - and realize, at last, our most unique quality: humanity."
"However much you know giraffes, to see one in the wild for the first time feels prehistoric."
"There would be very little point in my exhausting myself and other conservationists themselves in trying to protect animals and habitats if we weren't at the same time raising young people to be better stewards."
"We are unique. Chimpanzees are unique. Dogs are unique. But we humans are just not as different as we used to think."
"Having respect for animals makes us better humans."
"My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature."
"Every individual matters and has a role to play in this life on Earth."
"We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother"
"Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world."
"A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do."
"It is these undeniable qualities of human love and compassion and self-sacrifice that give me hope for the future. We are, indeed, often cruel and evil. Nobody can deny this. We gang up on each one another, we torture each other, with words as well as deeds, we fight, we kill. But we are also capable of the most noble, generous, and heroic behavior."
"We're the ones who can make a difference. If we lead lives where we consciously leave the lightest possible ecological footprints, if we buy the things that are ethical for us to buy and don't buy the things that are not, we can change the world overnight."
"It would be absolutely useless for any of us to work to save wildlife without working to educate the next generation of conservationists."
"The most important thing is to actually think about what you do. To become aware and actually think about the effect of what you do on the environment and on society. That's key, and that underlies everything else."
"We could change the world tomorrow if all the millions of people around the world acted the way they believe."
"When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth."
"I urge you to read Eternal Treblinka and think deeply about its important message."
"Chimpanzees, more than any other living creature, have helped us to understand that there is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It's a very blurry line, and it's getting more blurry all the time."