
Essay on the Principle of Population (1798; rev. through 1826)
Session 933, Page 463
Dreams, Evolution and Value Fulfillment, Volume Two (1986)
Essay on the Principle of Population (1798; rev. through 1826)
“Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.”
Source: Speech to the Conservatives of Manchester (3 April 1872), cited in The World's Best Orations from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Vol. 1 (eds. David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler), pp. 309-338.
“A decrease in the quantity of legislation generally means an increase in the quality of life.”
Column, December 23, 2007, "The Gift Of Doing Very Little" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/21/AR2007122101922.html at washingtonpost.com.
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Source: The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition), Chapter II, On Rent, p. 41
“Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.”
Freeman (1948), p. 163
Variant: Moderation increases enjoyment, and makes pleasure even greater.
Source: Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered (1973), p. 31.
“I do have this one purpose — increasing the intensity of my consciousness of life.”
As quoted in the "Homi Jehangir Bhabha" profile at the Vigyan Prasar Science Portal http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/bhabha/BHABHANEW.HTM
Context: I know quite clearly what I want out of my life. Life and my emotions are the only things I am conscious of. I love the consciousness of life and I want as much of it as I can get. But the span of one's life is limited. What comes after death no one knows. Nor do I care. Since, therefore, I cannot increase the content of life by increasing its duration, I will increase it by increasing its intensity. Art, music, poetry and everything else … I do have this one purpose — increasing the intensity of my consciousness of life.
Essay on the Principle of Population (1798; rev. through 1826)