We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
E. O. WILSONThe one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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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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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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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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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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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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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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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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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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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.
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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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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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