Altruism Quote by E. O. Wilson

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled…

— E. O. Wilson

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…

— E. O. Wilson

Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups…

— E. O. Wilson

When all else fails, men turn to reason.

— E. O. Wilson

The commitment must be much deeper - to let no species knowingly die; to take all reasonable action to protect every species and race…

— E. O. Wilson

Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of our species'…

— E. O. Wilson

The living environment is the biosphere, the thin layer around the world of living organisms. We're part of that. Our existence is dependent on…

— E. O. Wilson

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…

— E. O. Wilson

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

In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.

— E. O. Wilson

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is…

— E. O. Wilson

The extinctions ongoing worldwide promise to be at least as great as the mass extinction that occurred at the end of the age of…

— E. O. Wilson