"Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has……" — E. O. Wilson
"Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions."
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194 Quotes by E. O. Wilson
E. O. Wilson has 194 quotes on this site.
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The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment…
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Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year.
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Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens.
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Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings. About the ambitious…
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Biophilia, if it exists, and I believe it exists, is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living…
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Known as the biosphere to scientists and as the creation to theologians, all of life together consists of a membrane…
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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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The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat…
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The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or…
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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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The time has come to link ecology to economic and human development. When you have seen one ant, one bird,…
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[The natural world cleans water, pollinates plants and provides pharmaceuticals, among many other gifts.] Thirty trillion dollars worth of services,…
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The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general…
— Annie Besant
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Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not…
— Franz Boas
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I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed…
— Nicolas Cage
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The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than…
— Nick Cave
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Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple…
— Lord Chesterfield
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing…
— Warren Christopher
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I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who…
— Diablo Cody
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There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance…
— Sun Tzu
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Monet's garden must be included with his works, because he combined the magic of an adaptation of nature with the…
— Georges Clemenceau
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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This…
— Laozi
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During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned -…
— Peter Drucker
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It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favored in climate that seem to me…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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