Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the environmentalist view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view.

Quote by E O Wilson

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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for...

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for...

It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to...

It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to...

People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one...

People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one...

The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe...

The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe...

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it...

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it...

True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation...

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation...

Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and...

Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and...

By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was...

By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was...

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them...

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them...

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are...

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are...

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies....

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies....

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state...

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state...

The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is...

The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is...

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run...

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run...

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth...

The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth...

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will...

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will...