The Creation Quotes

“Human nature is deeper and broader than the artificial contrivance of any existing culture.”
― Edward O. Wilson, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

“We need freedom to roam across land owned by no one but protected by all, whose unchanging horizon is the same that bounded the world of our millennial ancestors.”
― Edward O. Wilson, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

“There is no solution available, I assure you, to save Earth's biodiversity other than the preservation of natural environments in reserves large enough to maintain wild populations sustainably. Only Nature can serve as the planetary ark.”
― Edward O. Wilson, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

“From the freedom to explore comes the joy of learning. From knowledge acquired by personal initiative arises the desire for more knowledge. And from mastery of the novel and beautiful world awaiting every child comes self-confidence. The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the rest, benefit for humanity.”
― Edward O. Wilson, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

“Science has become the most democratic of all human endeavors. It is neither religion nor ideology. It makes no claims beyond what can be sensed in the real world. It generates knowledge in the most productive and unifying manner contrived in history, and it serves humanity without obeisance to any particular tribal deity.”
― Edward O. Wilson, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

“BLINDED BY IGNORANCE AND SELF-ABSORPTION, HUMANITY IS DESTROYING THE CREATION. THERE IS STILL TIME TO ASSUME THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE NATURAL WORLD THAT WE OWE TO FUTURE HUMAN GENERATIONS. PREVIOUS SPREAD”
― Edward O. Wilson, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

“The original level of biodiversity is not likely to be regained in any period of time that has meaning for the human mind.”
― Edward O. Wilson, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

“A cheerful faith in human destiny dismisses the rest of life through successive denials.”
― Edward O. Wilson, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth