E.O. Wilson

We need to unite the scientists and the humanists.

The loss of biodiversity is a silent holocaust.

Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and worthy of our study.

Life is a biological phenomenon, but meaning is cultural.

I have an ambition to live 100 years.

The right is wacko for Jesus. The left is wacko for Mother Earth.

Half of the world is still infested with superstition.

The war between science and religion is over.

I believe that the central organizing principle of the universe is the search for beauty.

Sociobiology is the systematic study of the biological basis of social behavior.

The only way to save biodiversity is to save habitat.

Humanity is a biological species, not a political one.

I grew up in the South, where the Bible is taken literally.

The mind of man is drawn to the stars by need.

Conservation is not just about saving species, but about saving ourselves.

The eusocial insects are the pinnacle of social evolution.

In the end, we will conserve only what we love.

The future of life on Earth depends on our choices today.

I have spent my life studying ants, and they have taught me everything.

The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. And it is disastrously dangerous and unstable, and it is getting worse.