E. O. Wilson Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.”

“Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.”

“The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.”

“Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?”

“Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.”

“In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.”

“Secular humanists can sit around and talk about their love of humanity, but it doesn't stack up against a two-millennium-old funeral high mass.”

“Because the living environment is what really sustains us.”

“The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.”

“All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments.”