"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
"You may not believe in evolution, and that is all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important than how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves."
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Source: Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey. Book by Jane Goodall and Phillip L. Berman, 2000.
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