The first business of philosophy is to account for things as they are; and till our theories will do this, they ought not to be the ground of any practical conclusion.

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.

Our hearts, the war.Her body, the battlefield.

Next to music, beer was best.

God hears no more than the heart speaks and if the heart be dumb God will certainly be dumb.

Ignorance breeds antipathy. Until I got to know how computers worked, I didn't want anything to do with them. I said, 'Well, why do I need them? I write letters.' Which I still do.

I realized that there are no certainties in life. You can't manipulate fate.

You cannot cast a vision that has not cast a spell over you.

If I told you Jesus Christ was black you're going to be afraid of me because I'm telling you the truth. That's where I always come from.

I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is influenced by anyone else, one is not being true to oneself.

We're born to shimmer, we're born to shine We're born to radiate We're born to live, we're born to love We're born to never hate.

I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.