Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
E. O. WILSONIf those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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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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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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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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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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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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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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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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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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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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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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