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Hope is what enables us to keep going in the face of adversity. It is what we desire to happen, but we must be prepared to work hard to make it so.

— Jane Goodall The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times (2021)

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Researchers find it very necessary to keep blinkers on. They don't want to admit that the animals they are working with have feelings.

Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries.

Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity.

Reason for Hope: a Spiritual Journey (2000)

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

With Love (1999)

The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

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