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.
E. O. WILSONYou are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.
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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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Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.
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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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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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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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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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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals.
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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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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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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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