If Only We Can Overcome Cruelty, To

I Wouldn't Even Like To Begin To Define God - I Have Absolutely No Idea. But What I Feel, And What Touches Me, Is A Great Spiritual Power, Which I Don't Even Want To Name. If I Had To, I Would Say God, Because I Don't Know Any Other.

I Thought My Life Was Mapped Out. Research, Living In The Forest, Teaching And Writing. But In '86 I Went To A Conference And Realised The Chimpanzees Were Disappearing. I Had Worldwide Recognition And A Gift Of Communication. I Had To Use Them.

Chimps Are Far Too Much Human To Be My Favorite Animal.

Cumulatively Small Decisions, Choices, Actions, Make A Very Big Difference.

In Tanzania, The Chimps Are Isolated In A Very Tiny Patch Of Forest. I Flew Over It 13 Years Ago And Realized That, Basically, All The Trees Had Gone, That People All Around The Park Are Struggling To Survive. It Became Very Clear That There Was No Way To Protect The Chimps While The People Were In This Dire Circumstance.