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.
E. O. WILSONNature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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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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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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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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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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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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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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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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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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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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