Man cannot live in the midst of plenty.

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.

I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.

The world's population will multiply more rapidly than the available food supply.

The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race.

Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity.

A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted.

The perpetual struggle for room and food.

Malthus married in 1804 and beat three children with his wife

Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.

The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.

The only hope for civilization is the greater freedom, development and equality of women.

Then he remembered Ralph's words--"no point in fighting your war over and over until you get it right.

He twirled a finger, the universal symbol for roll down your window -- universal despite the fact that no one had manually rolled down a window in twenty years.

When you say a situation or a person is hopeless you are slamming the door in the face of God.

I am scared of running out of money.

A lot of what we say and do are regurgitated things that have to do with what we think we're supposed to be saying and doing.

I don’t care if the cat is black or white, I just want it to kill the mice.

The greatest giver of alms is cowardice.

One can't judge till one's forty; before that we're too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.

Always aim at perfection for only then will you achieve excellence