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E. O. Wilson Quotes

E. O. Wilson quotes about world

American Scientist June 10, 1929

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E. O. Wilson quote: "I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the..."
I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it. E. O. Wilson
This is the assembly of life that took a billion years to evolve. It has eaten the storms-folded them into its genes-and created the world that created us. It holds the world steady. E. O. Wilson
You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give. E. O. Wilson
We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely. 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 biosphere. E. O. Wilson
The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views? E. O. Wilson
So in my freshman year at the University of Alabama, learning the literature on evolution, what was known about it biologically, just gradually transformed me by taking me out of literalism and increasingly into a more secular, scientific view of the world. E. O. Wilson
E. O. Wilson quote: "Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the..."
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive. E. O. Wilson
E. O. Wilson quote: "Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is..."
Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake. E. O. Wilson
We need freedom to roam across land owned by no one but protected by all, whose unchanging horizon is the same that bounded the world of our millennial ancestors. E. O. Wilson
Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years. E. O. Wilson
If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. E. O. Wilson
But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world. E. O. Wilson
E. O. Wilson quote: "The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in..."
The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world. E. O. Wilson
America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost. E. O. Wilson

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