You 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.
E. O. WILSONPeople respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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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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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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Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it’s a map with constant immediate sensory input.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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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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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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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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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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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It’s about conflicts between creation stories.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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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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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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