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Life Quotes by E. O. Wilson
- Known as the biosphere to scientists and as the creation to theologians, all of life together consists of a membrane around earth so thin that…
- Humanity, in the desperate attempt to fit 8 billion or more people on the planet and give them a higher standard of living, is at…
- These slender little people (Homo Habilis), the size of modern 12 year olds, were devoid of fangs and claws and almost certainly slower on foot…
- Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not vie for our…
- Biodiversity is the totality of all inherited variation in the life forms of Earth, of which we are one species. We study and save it…
- The green prehuman earth is the mystery we were chosen to solve, a guide to the birthplace of our spirit, but it is slipping away.…
- The most dangerous of devotions, in my opinion, is the one endemic to Christianity: I was not born to be of this world. With a…
- There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.
- In science, you really do need to have a purpose-driven life. You will succeed to the extent that you get the most out of your…
- The history of life on earth has been a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings.
- We should not knowingly allow any species or race to go extinct. And let us go beyond mere salvage to begin the restoration of natural…
- 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.
- Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
- 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.…
- The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.
- It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion…
- The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam or…
- Humanity is part of nature, a species that evolved among other species. The more closely we identify ourselves with the rest of life, the more…
- Humanity is a biological species, living in a biological environment, because like all species, we are exquisitely adapted in everything: from our behavior, to our…
- The great challenge of the twenty-first century is to raise people everywhere to a decent standard of living while preserving as much of the rest…
- All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with…
- Humanity today is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world. The mind seeks but cannot…
- Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above other living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle