Real life consists of the tensions produced by the incompatibility of opposites, each of which is needed
E. F. SchumacherWithout ... the creative imagination rushing in where bureaucratic angels fear to tread - without this, life is a mockery and a disgrace.
E. F. SchumacherModern economic thinking...is peculiarly unable to consider the long term and to appreciate man's dependence on the natural world.
E. F. SchumacherOur intentions tend to be much more real to us than our actions, and this can lead to a great deal of misunderstanding with other people, to whom our actions tend to be much more real than our intentions.
E. F. SchumacherFrom the point of view of the employer, it is in any case simply an item of cost, to be reduced to a minimum if it cannot be eliminated altogether, say, by automation. From the point of view of the workman, it is a "disutility"; to work is to make a sacrifice of one's leisure and comfort, and wages are a kind of compensation for the sacrifice.
E. F. Schumacher