In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.

The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things.

There is nothing more dangerous than a shallow thinking compassionate person

However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be called religious.

Incommensurables cannot be compared.

Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.

To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it.