Original discoveries, to remind you, are what counts the most. Let me put that more strongly: they are all that counts. They are the silver and gold … - Edward O. Wilson

The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world.

It should not be thought that war, often accompanied by genocide, is a cultural artifact of a few societies. Nor has it been an aberration of history, a result of the growing pains of our species’ maturation. Wars and genocide have been universal and eternal, respecting no particular time or culture.

if our genes are inherited and our environment is a train of physical events set in motion before we were born, how can there be a truly independent agent within the brain? The agent itself is created by the interaction of the genes and the environment.