Quotes by : E. O. Wilson

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

Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.....

I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just....

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable....

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....

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

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers,....

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