"If those committed to the quest fail, they……" — 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 the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable."
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194 Quotes by E. O. Wilson
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No one knows the diversity in the world, not even to the nearest order of magnitude. ... We don't know…
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Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
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