“[Some diseases] are probably always present in population 'resrvoirs'... and in times of malnutrition or other adverse conditions [manifest]... as population controls.”

“The sheer weight [of human population] threatens that magnificent kaleidoscope of other living things which also depend on... natural sysytems.”

“God must see the songbird fall in order to regulate population according to food sources.”

“Through our failure to acknowledge our oneness with the total of other population s of biological organisms...we reveal the egocentricity which has brought the world to the point of [environmental] crisis... the separation of man from his ecosystems ... has become an article of faith.”

“Japan is probably the best... example of the abandonment of an ancient and nature-oriented ethos for the spirit of progress, Western style.”

“[The idea] of an environmental ethic runs contrary to our cultural tradition.”

“The country would be far better if the population were half as interested in keeping their minds in as good condition as they tried to keep their bodies.”