Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.

It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.

The education of women is the best way to save the environment.

Today [the voice of women] is being heard loud and clear. But I do not read the welcome triumph of feminism, social, economic, and creative, as a brief for postmodernism. The advance, while opening new avenues of expression and liberating deep pools of talent, has not exploded human nature into little pieces. Instead, it has set the stage for a fuller exploration of the universal traits that unite humanity.

What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.

We use pandas and eagles and things. I'd love to see a wilderness society with an angry-looking wolverine as their logo.

The time has come to link ecology to economic and human development. When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all. What is happening to the rain forests of Madagascar and Brazil will affect us all.