Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

About Jane Goodall

Dame Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall ( GUUD-awl; 3 April 1934 – 1 October 2025) was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert", she was best known for more than six decades of field research on...

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People say to me so often, 'Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people are asking these questions and yet you seem peaceful,' and I always answer that it is the peace of the forest that I carry inside.

—Jane Goodall

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

—Jane Goodall

My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature.

—Jane Goodall

The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

—Jane Goodall

Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved.

—Jane Goodall

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

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