We still have to learn how to live peacefully, not only with our fellow men but also with nature and, above all, with those Higher Powers which have made nature and have made us; for, assuredly, we have not come about by accident and certainly have not made ourselves

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

Every increase of needs tends to increase one's independence on outside forces over which one cannont have control and therefore increases existential fear

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

The truly educated man is not a man who knows a bit of everything, not even the man who knows all the details of all subjects (if such a thing were possible): the “whole man” in fact, may have little detailed knowledge of facts and theories...but he will be truly in touch with the centre. He will not be in doubt about his basic convictions, about his view on the meaning and purpose of his life. He may not be able to explain these matters in words, but the conduct of his life will show a certain sureness of touch which stems from this inner clarity.

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

Development does not start with goods; it starts with people and their education, organization, and discipline. Without these three, all resources remain latent, untapped, potential.