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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 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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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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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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In some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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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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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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People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.
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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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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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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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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
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