"…the chief cause for the impending collapse of the world - the cause sufficient in and by itself - is the enormous growth of the human population: the human flood. The worst enemy of life is too much life: the excess of human life."
"don’t you see that man isn’t ant or bee–as much as connections to other people he needs solitude and peace, darkness and silence to be able to live a balanced life."
"If there were a button I could press, I would sacrifice myself without hesitating, if it meant millions of people would die."
"The coming years will prove increasingly cynical and cruel. People will definitely not slip into oblivion while hugging each other. The final stages in the life of humanity will be marked by the monstrous war of all against all: the amount of suffering will be maximal."
"The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is a matter of perspective: it all depends on the observer and the verdict of history."
"Man has learned nothing: there are people who are still sanctimonious in their opposition to violence regardless of the state of the world, and who will presumably continue in the same way until the end. Frolicking in peace and love must be sweet – no doubt about that. Yet it is a nonsensical and disastrous attitude. With a smothering shroud of six billion people and all their demands covering the surface of the earth, pacifism is dead."
Cry, Beloved (Land) - Itke rakastettu maa (1988)
A portrayal of Pentti Linkola’s lost childhood surroundings on the shores of Lake Vanajavesi:
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