“Continuous economic and demographic growth has a way of turning abundance into scarcity.”

“Certainly, it is a world of scarcity. But the scarcity is not confined to iron ore and arable land. The most constricting scarcities are those of character and personality. ”

“Should continual economic growth be the predominant model, the highest purpose of human civilization? Continual growth is one characteristic of cancer that eventually destroys the host.”

“The constant desire to win is a very American kind of trouble. Less glamorous gains made along the way--learning, wisdom, growth, and confidence, dealing with failure--aren't given the same respect because they can't be given a grade.”

“What drives innovation is abundance and ease, not the pressure of scarcity.”

“I watch the growth of spirit in the children who come to my class.”

“Things growing to themselves are growth's abuse:Seeds spring from seeds and beauty breedeth beauty;”