Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
E. O. WILSONIf 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.
More E. O. Wilson Quotes
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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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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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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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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.
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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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The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
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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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I 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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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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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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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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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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I’m very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
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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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