Persist! The world needs all you can give.
E. O. WILSONIf all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago.
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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
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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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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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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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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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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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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