Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
E. O. WILSONChange will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
E. O. WILSONIf insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
E. O. WILSONIdeas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
E. O. WILSONWe are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
E. O. WILSONYou are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.
E. O. WILSONI tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
E. O. WILSONWilling to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
E. O. WILSONPeople respect nonfiction but they read novels.
E. O. WILSONPerhaps the time has come to cease calling it the ‘environmentalist’ view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view.
E. O. WILSONI’m very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
E. O. WILSONIf history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
E. O. WILSONOur brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it’s a map with constant immediate sensory input.
E. O. WILSONI 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.
E. O. WILSONThe moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
E. O. WILSONTheology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
E. O. WILSONThe 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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