Will Thomas
Will Thomas
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NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
science numbers ratios
Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio. A slight acquaintance with numbers will shew the immensity of the first power in comparison of the second.
population world food-supply
The world's population will multiply more rapidly than the available food supply.
littles attention opponents
Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents.
men earth population
The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.
men might ratios
Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.
men race earth
The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race.
thinking foundation found
I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.
spiritual depth action
Good moral actions are not enough. Everything in us, from the very depths, must be cleansed and reordered...
christian men light
The only influence that can really upset the injustice and iniquity of men is the power that breathes in the Christian tradition, renewing our participation in the Life that is the Light of men.
self firsts contemplation
Contemplation is not and cannot be a function of this external self. There is an irreducible opposition between the deep transcendent self that awakens only in contemplation, and the superficial, external self which we commonly identify with the first person singular.
life fool needs
... but any fool knows that you don't need money to get enjoyment out of life.
prayer simple effort
The simplicity that all this presupposes is not easy to attain. I find that my life constantly threatens to become complex and divisive. A life of prayer is basically a very simple life. This simplicity, however, is the result of asceticism and effort: it is not a spontaneous simplicity.
looks study infinite
Either you look at the universe as a very poor creation out of which no one can make anything or you look at your own life and your own part in the universe as infinitely rich, full of inexhaustible interest, opening out into infinite further possibilities for study and contemplation and interest and praise. Beyond all and in all is God.
war fighting world
Perhaps peace is not, after all, something you work for, or 'fight for.' It is indeed 'fighting for peace' that starts all the wars. What, after all, are the pretexts of all these Cold War crises, but 'fighting for peace?' Peace is something you have or do not have. If you are yourself at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world. Then share your peace with everyone, and everyone will be at peace.