To prevent the recurrence of misery is, alas! beyond the power of man.

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.

Could you hold the chainsaw a bit closer to your mouth, please?

You can believe in Christ and live a Christ like life

In war, truth is the first casualty.

We grow too old to lose old friends.

When you begin your transcendental training, focusing your best efforts, without attachment to outcomes, you will understand the peaceful warrior's way.

I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

Bear hunting? Come on up and we'll fix you up, you betcha. Just be sure you bring some hunting buddies with you, preferably fat ones who can't run as fast as you.

She didn’t judge him or hate him for things that weren’t his fault. She accepted him and that was the greatest miracle of all.

I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.