Persist! The world needs all you can give.
E. O. WILSONI 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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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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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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An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being’s, can learn a maze; the kind we use is a simple rat maze in a laboratory. They can learn it about one-half as fast as a rat.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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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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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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There is no better high than discovery.
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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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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 those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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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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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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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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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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