Edward O. Wilson

The human species is a part of the web of life, not above it.

The greatest joy is to discover something new.

The world is a mystery, and science is our way of unraveling it.

The human mind is a tool for understanding the world.

The greatest challenge is to live in harmony with nature.

The world is a classroom, and nature is our teacher.

The greatest gift is the gift of life.

The human species is a part of the grand experiment of life.

The greatest discovery is the discovery of ourselves.

The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.

The most successful scientific revolutions are those that transform our understanding of ourselves.

The love of complexity without reductionism makes for a kind of intellectual decadence.

The brain is a meat machine. It is a machine that runs on meat.

We are a product of our genes and our environment, and we are not free to choose our own destiny.

The human mind is a product of evolution, and it is designed to solve problems that were relevant to our ancestors.

The greatest challenge facing humanity is to reconcile our scientific understanding of the world with our spiritual needs.

Biodiversity is the greatest treasure we have, and we are destroying it at an alarming rate.

Science and religion are two of the most powerful forces in human history, and they have often been at odds.

The organism is only DNA's way of making more DNA.

The brain is a product of evolution, and its functions are ultimately designed to promote the survival and reproduction of the genes that built it.