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.

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.

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 power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.

Oh, aye, Sassenach. I am your master . . . and you're mine. Seems I canna possess your soul without losing my own.

I don't just have only the peace of God, I do also have a God who gives peace, not just resources but the revelation of His presence.

The teacher's life should have three periods, study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

Yes. I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s.

Craziness was considered funny, like all other things that were in reality frightening and profoundly shameful.

There is hardly a facet of life that is now free of some sort of federal action.

I am trying to create awareness of the true concept of democracy.

A holy life is not an ascetic, or gloomy or solitary life, but a life regulated by divine truth and faithful in Christian duty. It is living above the world while we are still in it.

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.