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.
E. O. WILSONOne thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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Willing 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.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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You 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.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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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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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They’re the cemetery workers.
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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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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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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