Our 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.

By means of trees, wildlife could be conserved, pollution decreased, and the beauty of our landscapes enhanced. This is the way, or at least one of the ways, to spiritual, moral, and cultural regeneration.

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

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.

Modern industry seems to be inefficient to a degree that surpasses one's enduring powers of imagination. Its inefficiency therefore remains unnoticed.

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