Jane Goodall on Hope

“You need hope to get you going, but then by taking action, you generate more hope. It’s a circular thing.”

“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.”

“It’s an aspect of our survival. […] It’s not a skill. It’s something more innate, more profound. […] It is a human survival trait and without it we perish.”

“So why do I feel hopeful? Partly, because I’m obstinate. I just won’t give in. But it’s partly also because we cannot accurately predict what the future might bring. We simply can’t. No one can know how it will all turn out.”