Jane Goodall Quotes

I am passionate about many things but conserving our planet and its species is a high priority of mine.

Earth Day is the first holy day...and is devoted to the harmony of nature... The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them all.

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.

Every corny thing that's said about living with nature - being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons - happens to be true.

We need a philosophy for humans and nature to live together.

I don't need to make money destroying my environment. Why don't I just love it and figure out a way to be more sustainable?

My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. And can I do that alone? No. So there is a whole army of youth that can do it. So I suppose my mission is to reach as many of those young people as I can through my own efforts.

We can conserve energy and tread more lightly on the Earth while we expand our culture's capacity for joy.

Wildness is not just the "preservation of the world," it is the world

The earth will continue to regenerate its life sources only as long as we and all the peoples of the world do our part to conserve its natural resources. It is a responsibility which every human being shares. Through voluntary action, each of us can join in building a productive land in harmony with nature.

Young man, nature is not frightening, it's people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he's capable of manufacturing almost anything from rumours to test-tube babies and yet he destroys two to three species every day. This is the absurdity of man.

I say stick with Mother Nature as much as possible.

Sustainability is living on nature's income rather than living on its capital.

Basically we should stop doing those things that are destructive to the environment, other creatures, and ourselves and figure out new ways of existing.

Whether or not I tour forever, I'm not sure. I would love to spend more time living in harmony with nature rather than flying all over the world and contributing to global warming, you know what I mean?

Consuming less means throwing away less, while reusing things actually helps to save the planet as well as the pennies.

My house and my garden are built as part of nature, not over it.

I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.

I'm doing it with a rock format and the words are about people living in harmony with Mother Earth. It's very important to me - and I feel it should be for every living human on this planet.

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.

Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.

Even the people who come our way look upon us in amazement, that we run only for the healing of Mother Earth.

With all this talk of Going Green, Buying Green, Living Green, and Green being the new whatever, I've come to realize that, although we had no green, my grandmother was actually the 'greenest' person I've ever known.

The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.

We recycle everything in my house. I'm not into any particular organizations, but I'm doing my part and that makes me feel okay.