Mihajlo D. Mesarovic (1928) Serbian academic
As cited in: Joel Jay Kassiola (1990) The Death of Industrial Civilization. p. 48
Mankind at the Turning Point, (1974)
September 1874, Popular Science Monthly Vol. 5, Article: The Alleged Antagonism Between Growth and Reproduction , p. 609
The Alleged Antagonism Between Growth and Reproduction (1874)
Mihajlo D. Mesarovic (1928) Serbian academic
As cited in: Joel Jay Kassiola (1990) The Death of Industrial Civilization. p. 48
Mankind at the Turning Point, (1974)
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
2007 Chairman's Letter http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2007ltr.pdf <br class="br">Letters to Shareholders (1957 - 2012) <br class="br">Context: The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money. Think airlines. Here a durable competitive advantage has proven elusive ever since the days of the Wright Brothers. Indeed, if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down.
Donella Meadows (1941–2001) American environmental scientist, teacher, and writer
Thinking in Systems: A Primer (2008), Appendix (summary)
“The essential nature of growth is none other than the overcoming of earthly weight.”
Viktor Schauberger (1885–1958) austrian philosopher and inventor
Callum Coats: The Fertile Earth
Milton Friedman (1912–2006) American economist, statistician, and writer
Source: Money Mischief (1992), Ch. 2 The Mystery of Money
“Nothing endures except life: the capacity for birth, growth, and renewal.”
Lewis Mumford (1895–1990) American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic
Introduction
The Culture of Cities (1938)
Context: Nothing is permanent: certainly not the frozen images of barbarous power with which fascism now confronts us. Those images may easily be smashed by an external shock, cracked as ignominiously as the fallen Dagon, the massive idol of the heathen; or they may be melted, eventually, by the internal warmth of normal men and women. Nothing endures except life: the capacity for birth, growth, and renewal. As life becomes insurgent once more in our civilization, conquering the reckless thrust of barbarism, the culture of cities will be both instrument and goal.
Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825–1921) American minister
September 1874, Popular Science Monthly Vol. 5, Article: The Alleged Antagonism Between Growth and Reproduction , p. 607
The Alleged Antagonism Between Growth and Reproduction (1874)
Leopold II of Belgium (1835–1909) King of the Belgians
Source: Leopold II, King of the Belgians in a letter to his minister, Charles Woeste, dated June 9, 1901. https://archive.org/details/TheBelgo-congoleseRoundTable/page/n1/mode/2up
Dean Acheson book Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (1969), Principles