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“In fact, one of the main lesson to be learned from the collapses of the Maya, Anasazi, Easter Islanders, and those other past societies (as well as from the recent collapse of the Soviet Union) is that a society's steep decline may begin only a decade or two after the society reaches its peak numbers, wealth, and power. [...] The reason is simple: maximum population, wealth, resource consumption, and waste production mean maximum environmental impact, approaching the limit where impact outstrips resources. On reflection, it's no surprise that declines of societies tend to follow swiftly on their peaks.”
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed • Jared Diamond“Give a man health and a course to steer; and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.”
Captain Brassbound's Conversion • George Bernard Shaw“My guiding star always is, Get hold of portable property.”
Great Expectations • Charles Dickens“Yet in doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom.”
The Two Towers • J.R.R Tolkien“Underneath the topmost layers of frailty, men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed most of their vices are attempted shortcuts to love.”
The Practice of Psychological Assessment • John Steinbeck