Jehovah had nothing to say to Moses and the others about the care of the planet. He had plenty to say about tribal loyalty and conquest.
E. O. WILSONThe moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it’s a map with constant immediate sensory input.
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Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They’re the cemetery workers.
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It’s obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life – for 8 billion or more people – without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.
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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats.
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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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