If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth. E. O. Wilson desirehistorypassion Change image and share on social
When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate animals are unknown. Then you realize that we live on a relatively unexplored plan. E. O. Wilson animalexplorefield share on social
It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer. E. O. Wilson difficultnonfictiontechnique Change image and share on social
Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or irrelevant it looks when they first see it, that doesn't prove to serve a function. The outcome itself may be due to small accidents of evolution. E. O. Wilson accidentbiologistdue share on social
For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization. E. O. Wilson biologicalfaithlevel Change image and share on social
All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments. E. O. Wilson abrahamicaridbear Change image and share on social
The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere. E. O. Wilson ancientbiosphereearth Change image and share on social
In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty. E. O. Wilson acquiredutyethic share on social
A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic. E. O. Wilson acceptbehaviorchoice share on social
Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the 'environmentalist' view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view. E. O. Wilson activitycallcease Change image and share on social
