I'm not at all contemptuous of comforts, but they have their place and it is not first.

I'm not at all contemptuous of comforts, but they have their place and it is not first.

I have no doubt that it is possible to give a new direction to technological development, a direction that shall lead it back to the real needs of man, and that also means: to the actual size of man. Man is small, and, therefore, small is beautiful.

To organize work in such a manner that it becomes meaningless, boring, stultifying, or nerve-racking for the worker would be little short of criminal; it would indicate a greater concern with goods than with people, an evil lack of compassion and a soul-destroying degree of attachment to the most primitive side of this worldly existence.

If greed were not the master of modern man, how could it be that the frenzy of economic activity does not abate as higher standards of living are attained, and that it is precisely the richest societies which pursue their economic advantage with the greatest ruthlessness?

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

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