“Serious art, whether expressed in score, script, or image, seizes you on first encounter. It then holds and distracts you long enough to lead your mind away and through the remainder of its content—perhaps to understand the whole intended meaning,… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Nature is the birthright of everyone on Earth. The millions of species we have allowed to survive are our phylogenetic kin. Their long-term history… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
“Traditional religious beliefs have been eroded, not so much by humiliating disproofs of their mythologies as by the growing awareness that beliefs are really… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
“[E]very major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.” — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
“Overall, it seems now possible to draw a reasonably good explanation of why the human condition is a singularity, why the likes of it… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
“let’s also promote the humanities, that which makes us human, and not use science to mess around with the wellspring of this, the absolute… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
“Moreover, we look in vain to philosophy for the answer to the great riddle. Despite its noble purpose and history, pure philosophy long ago… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
“Annie Dillard was a pioneer in her Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1974. Among other notable examples are David… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
“Human beings and their social orders are intrinsically imperfectible and fortunately so. In a constantly changing world, we need the flexibility that only imperfection… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
“Another principle that I believe can be justified by scientific evidence so far is that nobody is going to emigrate from this planet not… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
“To explore and affiliate with life is a deep and complicated process in mental development. To an extent still undervalued in philosophy and religion,… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
“Social intelligence was therefore always at a high premium. A sharp sense of empathy can make a huge difference, and with it in an… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
“Somewhere close I knew spear-nosed bats flew through the tree crowns in search of fruit, palm vipers coiled in ambush in the roots of… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
“Dawkins is an eloquent science journalist. What else is he? I mean journalism is a high and influential profession. But he’s not a scientist,… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share
