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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.

E. O. Wilson

Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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All Can Give Need Persist World You
Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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Altruism Among Group Individual Member Mix Selfishness Society Versus Virtue
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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Century Challenge Economic Major Majority Much Planet Save Situation
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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Ant Creature Dead Depend Land Lead Remove
People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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Nonfiction Novel People Red Respect
Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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Across Belief Change Come Demonstrate Even Fall Generation Hard Slowly
We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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Decide Decommissioned Deep Look Must Natural Ourselves Selection Wish
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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Bless Brillant Enemies Irony Trace
Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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Emerge Idea Imagine Own Part Real Sake World Study
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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Always Been Belief Belong Great Human People Relationship Superior Survival Tribe Value
By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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Achievement Enlightenment Faith Justify Measure Reasonable Science Think
What’s been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.
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Biology Effort Toward Enough Gratifying Molecule Research
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.
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Care Conquest Consequence Loyalty Moses Nothing Other Planet Plenty Say Stay Tribal
The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
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Alone Effort Endeavour Honorable Humanism Imperative Moral Provide Succesful Successful
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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Fierce Have Mist Odd Powerful Productive Religion Science Two World
There is no better high than discovery.
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Better Discovery High One Liner

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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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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