Quotes by : E. O. Wilson

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.

By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.....

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly....

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best,....

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.....

Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions....

For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization.....

The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered....

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The....