Pity is always twinged with disgust.

I hope it will not be too long before the technologies that support our population explosion begin to be perceived as no less hazardous to the future of life on this planet than the endless production of radioactive wastes.

The world is not in any sense in danger from itself. The world is in fact not in any danger at all. It is we who are in danger.

If the world is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all.

Within your culture as a whole, there is in fact no significant thrust toward global population control. The point to see is that there never will be such a thrust so long as you're enacting a story that says the gods made the world for man. For as long as you enact that story, Mother Culture will demand increased food production today- and promise population control tomorrow.

[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.

Blessed are those who do whatever they can wherever they are, for no one is devoid of resources or opportunities.