Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
E. O. WILSONWe have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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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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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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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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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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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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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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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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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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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 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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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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