{"author":"E. O. Wilson","author_id":"E.+O.+Wilson","total_quotes":21,"quotes":[{"text":"I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.","author":"E. O. Wilson","tags":["problems","honest","see "],"id":3172,"author_id":"E.+O.+Wilson"},{"text":"Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.","author":"E. O. Wilson","tags":["die","will","beliefs "],"id":16092,"author_id":"E.+O.+Wilson"},{"text":"If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.","author":"E. O. Wilson","tags":["history","truth","passion "],"id":34999,"author_id":"E.+O.+Wilson"},{"text":"A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.","author":"E. O. Wilson","tags":["growth","choice","behavior "],"id":55881,"author_id":"E.+O.+Wilson"},{"text":"We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.","author":"E. O. Wilson","tags":["wisdom","together","world "],"id":101099,"author_id":"E.+O.+Wilson"},{"text":"For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization.","author":"E. O. Wilson","tags":["organization","me","qualities "],"id":152989,"author_id":"E.+O.+Wilson"},{"text":"Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... Is not productive.","author":"E. O. Wilson","tags":["science","powerful","world "],"id":167316,"author_id":"E.+O.+Wilson"},{"text":"Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.","author":"E. O. Wilson","tags":["painting","renaissance "],"id":215663,"author_id":"E.+O.+Wilson"},{"text":"By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.","author":"E. O. Wilson","tags":["science","achievement "],"id":218218,"author_id":"E.+O.+Wilson"},{"text":"If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.","author":"E. O. Wilson","tags":["alone","effort","successful "],"id":219193,"author_id":"E.+O.+Wilson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":21,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}