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E. O. Wilson

"The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology."

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"The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology."

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"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

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"Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God."

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"God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that."

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"Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke."

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"I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

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"God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is."

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"When belief in a god dies, the god dies."

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"Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God."

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"Well, I can't figure out God."

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"It is hardly fair to accuse us of ignorance when it was made a crime under the former order of things to learn enough about letters to even read the Word of God."

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"There is no better high than discovery."
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"Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal."
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"The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago."
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"You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give."
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"Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions."
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"To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong."
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"It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt."
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"Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals."
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"If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth."
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