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E.F. Schumacher quotes: Modern man talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if he won the battle, he would find himself on the losing side

Modern man talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if he won the battle, he would find himself on the losing side

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity.

Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: To talk about the future is useful only if it leads to action now.

To talk about the future is useful only if it leads to action now.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Nobody really likes large-scale organizations; nobody likes to take orders from a superior who takes orders from a superior who takes orders ...

Nobody really likes large-scale organizations; nobody likes to take orders from a superior who takes orders from a superior who takes orders ...

E.F. Schumacher quotes: There is no economic problem and, in a sense, there never has been.

There is no economic problem and, in a sense, there never has been.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: We still have to learn how to live peacefully, not only with our fellow men but also with nature ...

We still have to learn how to live peacefully, not only with our fellow men but also with nature ...

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Not mass production but production by the masses.

Not mass production but production by the masses.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex ... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex ... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: The richer a society, the more impossible it becomes to do worthwhile things without immediate pay-off.

The richer a society, the more impossible it becomes to do worthwhile things without immediate pay-off.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Everything can be seen directly except the eye through which we see.

Everything can be seen directly except the eye through which we see.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Without ... the creative imagination rushing in where bureaucratic angels fear to tread - without this, life is a mockery and a disgrace.

Without ... the creative imagination rushing in where bureaucratic angels fear to tread - without this, life is a mockery and a disgrace.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: We think work with the brain is more worthy than work with the hands. Nobody who thinks with his hands could ever fall for this.

We think work with the brain is more worthy than work with the hands. Nobody who thinks with his hands could ever fall for this.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.

Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: The art of living is always to make a good thing out of a bad thing.

The art of living is always to make a good thing out of a bad thing.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: True art is the intermediary between man's ordinary nature and his higher potentialities.

True art is the intermediary between man's ordinary nature and his higher potentialities.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: I cannot predict the wind but I can have my sail ready.

I cannot predict the wind but I can have my sail ready.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Man's needs are infinite, and infinitude can be achieved only in the spiritual realm, never in the material.

Man's needs are infinite, and infinitude can be achieved only in the spiritual realm, never in the material.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: No one is really working for peace unless he is working primarily for the restoration of wisdom.

No one is really working for peace unless he is working primarily for the restoration of wisdom.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Study how a society uses its land, and you can come to pretty reliable conclusions as to what its future will be.

Study how a society uses its land, and you can come to pretty reliable conclusions as to what its future will be.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.

Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: The best aid to give is intellectual aid, a gift of useful knowledge. A gift of knowledge is infinitely preferable to a gift of material things.

The best aid to give is intellectual aid, a gift of useful knowledge. A gift of knowledge is infinitely preferable to a gift of material things.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is none.

There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is none.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: The disease having been caused by allowing cleverness to displace wisdom, no amount of clever research is likely to produce a cure.

The disease having been caused by allowing cleverness to displace wisdom, no amount of clever research is likely to produce a cure.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: It is amazing how much theory we can do without when work actually begins.

It is amazing how much theory we can do without when work actually begins.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Our faith gives us knowledge of something better.

Our faith gives us knowledge of something better.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.

If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: The substance of man cannot be measured by Gross National Product.

The substance of man cannot be measured by Gross National Product.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Modern economic thinking ... is peculiarly unable to consider the long term and to appreciate man's dependence on the natural world.

Modern economic thinking ... is peculiarly unable to consider the long term and to appreciate man's dependence on the natural world.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Anything that we can destroy but are unable to make is, in a sense sacred, and all our 'explanations' of it do not really explain anything.

Anything that we can destroy but are unable to make is, in a sense sacred, and all our 'explanations' of it do not really explain anything.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: There can be nothing sacred in something that has a price.

There can be nothing sacred in something that has a price.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: The fundamental task is to achieve smallness within large organisation.

The fundamental task is to achieve smallness within large organisation.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Anyone who thinks consumption can expand forever on a finite planet is either insane or an economist.

Anyone who thinks consumption can expand forever on a finite planet is either insane or an economist.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Much of the economic decay of southeast Asia (as of many other parts of the world) is undoubtedly due to a heedless and shameful neglect of trees.

Much of the economic decay of southeast Asia (as of many other parts of the world) is undoubtedly due to a heedless and shameful neglect of trees.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: There is incredible generosity in the potentialities of Nature. We only have to discover how to utilize them.

There is incredible generosity in the potentialities of Nature. We only have to discover how to utilize them.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Our task - and the task of all education - is to understand the present world, the world in which we live and make our choices.

Our task - and the task of all education - is to understand the present world, the world in which we live and make our choices.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.

An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Our task is to look at the world, and see it whole.

Our task is to look at the world, and see it whole.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: An entirely new system of thought is needed, a system based on attention to people, and not primarily attention to goods ...

An entirely new system of thought is needed, a system based on attention to people, and not primarily attention to goods ...

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology toward the organic, the gentle, the elegant and beautiful.

Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology toward the organic, the gentle, the elegant and beautiful.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Perhaps we cannot raise the winds. But each of us can put up the sail, so that when the wind comes we can catch it.

Perhaps we cannot raise the winds. But each of us can put up the sail, so that when the wind comes we can catch it.

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Real life consists of the tensions produced by the incompatibility of opposites, each of which is needed

Real life consists of the tensions produced by the incompatibility of opposites, each of which is needed

E.F. Schumacher quotes: Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.