Work and leisure are complementary parts of the same living process and cannot be separated without destroying the joy of work and the bliss of leisure.

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

Man is small, and, therefore, small is beautiful.

Many of them had a better time than they ever had in their lives because they were discovering the new freedom - the less you need, the freer you become.

The most striking thing about modern industry is that it requires so much and accomplishes so little.

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

I think I should not go far wrong if I asserted that the amount of genuine leisure available in a society is generally in inverse proportion to the amount of labor-saving machinery it employs.