Barbara Kingsolver Quote

We human beings regard ourselves as (or compare ourselves to) animals only when it suits us.

My simple explanation of why we human beings, the most advanced species on earth, cannot find happiness, is this: as we evolve up the ladder of being, we find three things: the first, that the tension...

Perhaps if zoologists would contemplate the wide variations presented by many plants of indubitably one and the same species, and the still wider diversities of long cultivated races from an original...

[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer's views of love are flawed. Love can't be merely an illusion of the mind to aid in procreation, but the path to redemption for an otherwise violently...

We've got this weird dysgenic situation where we're basically just paying idiots to breed and taxing intelligent people to stay away from each other with anything remotely resembling fertility.

The more a species is rare the more we like and protect it... So what about humans?

Never ever have any doubt on yourself. You are the priceless species in this world.Don't undermine yourself by comparing with others. You are a victor!!!

The science done by the young Einstein will continue as long as our civilization, but for civilization to survive, we'll need the wisdom of the old Einstein -- humane, global and farseeing. And whatev...

Despite all our amazing ability, ingenuity, technology and industry humans are the one species who have not mastered the art of simplicity.

We proclaim human intelligence to be morally valuable per se because we are human. If we were birds, we would proclaim the ability to fly as morally valuable per se. If we were fish, we would proclaim...