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?
E. F. SchumacherModern man talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if he won the battle, he would find himself on the losing side
E. F. SchumacherWisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology toward the organic, the gentle, the elegant and beautiful.
E. F. SchumacherWhy precisely do we want to change land ownership? The answer seems to me to be quite clear: to inhibit land speculation, to inhibit the private exploitation of the scarcity-value of land, to inhibit as we might say the cornering of land.
E. F. Schumacher