Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
E. O. WILSONTheology 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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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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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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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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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they’ve had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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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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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It’s about conflicts between creation stories.
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