Affiliation Quote by E. O. Wilson

“Psychologist Erich Fromm coined the term ["biophilia"] in 1964 as a way of describing the innate attraction to processes of life and growth.”

— Adam Leith Gollner

For the most part, biophiliacs,lovers of life, are found among simple people, without pretensions.

— Erich Fromm

“Conversely, the biophilia hypothesis, as Wilson calls it, also explains why we find natural settings so peaceful. It’s in our genes. That’s why, each…

— Eric Weiner

It's just a natural part of being a social creature and being a human being.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.

— Thomas Harris

Emotions are the glue that holds the cells of the organism together.

— Candace Pert

Whatever else we may say about sex, it is at least as much a social and psychological phenomenon as it is a biological one.

— Lillian B. Rubin

“We are social and political creatures but foremost we are a biological one. Our feelings, sentiments, emotions and attractions are generally because of our…

— M.F. Moonzajer

Sadomasochiasm - which we know very well doesn't exist in societies that don't have child abuse - is regarded some sort of natural sexual…

— Gloria Steinem

“The human beings must be mentally immensely strong, during the encounter with the true malevolence in others, because on it's own it doesn't belong…

— Mladen Đorđević

A human being becomes human not through the casual convergence of certain biological conditions, but through an act of will and love on the…

— Italo Calvino

“The crucial first step to survival in all organisms is habitat selection. If you get to the right place, everything else is likely to…

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey