E.O. WilsonThinkers

Belief is difficult to undo. Old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.

Competition is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruist always beat groups of selfish individuals.

Deforestation is unwise — destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

The Enemy is one to whom one owes a great debt, because enemies redoubled one's energies and drive one in new directions.

Human nature is having a genetic determinate. It is the set of heritable traits that have been fixed in the human population by natural selection.

Science at the root of much of good science, and all of great science.

Sociobiology is defined as the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior.