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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“To be able to turn at will, in a book of your own, to those passages which count for you, is to have your wealth at instant command, and your books become a record of your intellectual adventures...”