Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
E. O. WILSONNature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.
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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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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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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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Theology 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?
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The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.
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The essence of humanity’s spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It’s about conflicts between creation stories.
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Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
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