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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.

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Perhaps 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.
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Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind.
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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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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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I’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.
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In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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It’s always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That’s just in human relationships.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.
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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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