E. O. Wilson

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

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science…

So in my freshman year at the University of Alabama, learning the literature on evolution…

Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at…

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for…

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

The essence of humanity’s spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth…

The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that…

I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn’t intrude too badly, persuading…

I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other…

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

If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life…

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…

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will…