The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum.

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.

You cannot do only one thing.

(Technology reliability) x (Human reliability) = (System reliability)

No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.

In a competitive world of limited resources, total freedom of individual action is intolerable

People are the quintessential element in all technology... Once we recognize the inescapable human nexus of all technology our attitude toward the reliability problem is fundamentally changed.

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

The only thing we can really count on in this uncertain world is human unreliability itself.

Can I tell from the twilight from which the world is built that I am a sunrise in this life?

Respect the past, and prepare for the future by taking action in the present.

Boys have said in the past that I live my life like a movie. I love all things romantic, like kissing in the rain.

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind.

When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace.

One pitch can be the difference between a win and a loss, an error could be the difference.

I really cannot know whether I am or am not the Genius you are pleased to call me, but I am very willing to put up with the mistake, if it be one.

What we are is our parents' children; what we become is our children's parents.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

If you have a small view of your sin, God's grace will be small to you.