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E. O. Wilson quotes: The evolutionary epic is ... the best myth we will ever have. The evolutionary epic is ... the best myth we will ever have.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius. Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.
E. O. Wilson quotes: There doesn't seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs. There doesn't seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
E. O. Wilson quotes: People respect nonfiction but they read novels. People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself. Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society. Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
E. O. Wilson quotes: It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer. It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
E. O. Wilson quotes: One difference between ants and humans is that while ants send their old women off to war, humans send their young men. One difference between ants and humans is that while ants send their old women off to war, humans send their young men.
E. O. Wilson quotes: It's always been a dream of mine, of exploring the living world, of classifying all the species and finding out what makes up the biosphere. It's always been a dream of mine, of exploring the living world, of classifying all the species and finding out what makes up the biosphere.
E. O. Wilson quotes: We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity. We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them. Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.
E. O. Wilson quotes: I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it. I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it.
E. O. Wilson quotes: We've got paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technologies. We've got paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technologies.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere. The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input. Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake. Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
E. O. Wilson quotes: To know how scientists engage in visual imagery is to understand how they think creatively. To know how scientists engage in visual imagery is to understand how they think creatively.
E. O. Wilson quotes: When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all. When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
E. O. Wilson quotes: By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified. By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
E. O. Wilson quotes: We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become. We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Humanity needs a vision of an expanding and unending future. Humanity needs a vision of an expanding and unending future.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Because the living environment is what really sustains us. Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The search for knowledge is in our genes. It was put there by our distant ancestors who spread across the world, and it's never going to be quenched. The search for knowledge is in our genes. It was put there by our distant ancestors who spread across the world, and it's never going to be quenched.
E. O. Wilson quotes: If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months. If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined. The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.
E. O. Wilson quotes: In my heart, I'm an Alabaman who went up north to work. In my heart, I'm an Alabaman who went up north to work.
E. O. Wilson quotes: In science, obsessiveness under psychological control can be a virtue. In science, obsessiveness under psychological control can be a virtue.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Biophilia, if it exists, and I believe it exists, is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living organisms. Biophilia, if it exists, and I believe it exists, is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living organisms.
E. O. Wilson quotes: We use pandas and eagles and things. I'd love to see a wilderness society with an angry-looking wolverine as their logo. We use pandas and eagles and things. I'd love to see a wilderness society with an angry-looking wolverine as their logo.
E. O. Wilson quotes: 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. 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.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Secular humanists can sit around and talk about their love of humanity, but it doesn't stack up against a two-millennium-old funeral high mass. Secular humanists can sit around and talk about their love of humanity, but it doesn't stack up against a two-millennium-old funeral high mass.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Search until you find a passion and go all out to excel in its expression. Search until you find a passion and go all out to excel in its expression.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The history of life on earth has been a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings. The history of life on earth has been a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings.
E. O. Wilson quotes: In the early stages of creation of both art and science, everything in the mind is a story. In the early stages of creation of both art and science, everything in the mind is a story.
E. O. Wilson quotes: I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster. I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster.
E. O. Wilson quotes: That is the great mystery of human evolution: how to account for calculus and Mozart. That is the great mystery of human evolution: how to account for calculus and Mozart.
E. O. Wilson quotes: To genetic evolution, the human lineage has added the parallel track of cultural evolution. To genetic evolution, the human lineage has added the parallel track of cultural evolution.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The education of women is the best way to save the environment. The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
E. O. Wilson quotes: No barrier stands between the material world of science and the sensibilities of the hunter and the poet, No barrier stands between the material world of science and the sensibilities of the hunter and the poet,
E. O. Wilson quotes: In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner. In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.
E. O. Wilson quotes: To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong. To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year. Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year.
E. O. Wilson quotes: All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments. All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Exclusion makes us suffer, inclusion makes us thrive. Exclusion makes us suffer, inclusion makes us thrive.
E. O. Wilson quotes: When all else fails, men turn to reason. When all else fails, men turn to reason.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The commitment must be much deeper - to let no species knowingly die; to take all reasonable action to protect every species and race in perpetuity. The commitment must be much deeper - to let no species knowingly die; to take all reasonable action to protect every species and race in perpetuity.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Destroying a tropical rainforest for profit is like burning all the paintings of the Louvre to cook dinner. Destroying a tropical rainforest for profit is like burning all the paintings of the Louvre to cook dinner.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Not all ants use violence to dominate their world, some use more subtle methods. Not all ants use violence to dominate their world, some use more subtle methods.
E. O. Wilson quotes: I want us to save the creation-not just care about it, but to save it. I want us to save the creation-not just care about it, but to save it.
E. O. Wilson quotes: America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost. America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.
E. O. Wilson quotes: So important are insects and other land-dwelling arthropods that if all were to disappear, humanity probably could not last more than a few months. So important are insects and other land-dwelling arthropods that if all were to disappear, humanity probably could not last more than a few months.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds ... is not productive. Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds ... is not productive.
E. O. Wilson quotes: One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period. One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false. Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology. The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Be prepared mentally for some amount of chaos and failure. Waste and frustration often attend the earliest stages. Be prepared mentally for some amount of chaos and failure. Waste and frustration often attend the earliest stages.
E. O. Wilson quotes: It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are. It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans. Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
E. O. Wilson quotes: It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships. It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The laws of biology are written in the language of diversity. The laws of biology are written in the language of diversity.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Every kid has a bug period ... I never grew out of mine. Every kid has a bug period ... I never grew out of mine.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world. The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
E. O. Wilson quotes: I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted it.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The extinctions ongoing worldwide promise to be at least as great as the mass extinction that occurred at the end of the age of dinosaurs. The extinctions ongoing worldwide promise to be at least as great as the mass extinction that occurred at the end of the age of dinosaurs.
E. O. Wilson quotes: What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species. What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
E. O. Wilson quotes: 'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible. 'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The ant world is a tumult, a noisy world of pheromones being passed back and forth. The ant world is a tumult, a noisy world of pheromones being passed back and forth.
E. O. Wilson quotes: We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories. We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.
E. O. Wilson quotes: 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. 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.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Wonderful theory, wrong species. (On Marxism, which he considered more suited to ants than to humans. Wonderful theory, wrong species. (On Marxism, which he considered more suited to ants than to humans.
E. O. Wilson quotes: If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth. If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
E. O. Wilson quotes: An ideal scientist thinks like a poet and only later works like a book-keeper. An ideal scientist thinks like a poet and only later works like a book-keeper.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them. Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens. Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Genius is the summed production of the many with the names of the few attached for easy recall. Genius is the summed production of the many with the names of the few attached for easy recall.
E. O. Wilson quotes: I think that's my nature, to want to bring people together rather than to try to bombard them into agreement. I think that's my nature, to want to bring people together rather than to try to bombard them into agreement.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart. Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans. The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.
E. O. Wilson quotes: This planet can be a paradise in the 22nd century. This planet can be a paradise in the 22nd century.
E. O. Wilson quotes: I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution. I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Go as far as you can, [young scientists]. The world needs you badly. Go as far as you can, [young scientists]. The world needs you badly.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The true evolutionary epic, retold as poetry, is as intrinsically ennobling as any religious epic. The true evolutionary epic, retold as poetry, is as intrinsically ennobling as any religious epic.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions. Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
E. O. Wilson quotes: There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us. There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.
E. O. Wilson quotes: The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and works like a bookkeeper The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and works like a bookkeeper
E. O. Wilson quotes: The beginning of wisdom, as the Chinese say, is calling things by their right names. The beginning of wisdom, as the Chinese say, is calling things by their right names.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking. Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science. Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
E. O. Wilson quotes: We exist in a bizarre combination of Stone Age emotions, medieval beliefs, and god-like technology. We exist in a bizarre combination of Stone Age emotions, medieval beliefs, and god-like technology.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Much of good science and perhaps all of great science has its roots in fantasy. Much of good science and perhaps all of great science has its roots in fantasy.
E. O. Wilson quotes: [Bacteria are the] dark matter of the biological world [with 4 million mostly unknown species in a ton of soil]. [Bacteria are the] dark matter of the biological world [with 4 million mostly unknown species in a ton of soil].
E. O. Wilson quotes: In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems. In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
E. O. Wilson quotes: Only in the last moment in history has the delusion arisen that people can flourish apart from the rest of the living world. Only in the last moment in history has the delusion arisen that people can flourish apart from the rest of the living world.
E. O. Wilson quotes: For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization. For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization.

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