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.
E. F. SchumacherWisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology toward the organic, the gentle, the elegant and beautiful.
E. F. SchumacherOur 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.
E. F. SchumacherMan's needs are infinite, and infinitude can be achieved only in the spiritual realm, never in the material.
E. F. SchumacherThat soul-destroying, meaningless, mechanical, moronic work is an insult to human nature which must necessarily and inevitably produce either escapism or aggression, and that no amount of 'bread and circuses' can compensate for the damage done-these are facts which are neither denied nor acknowledged but are met with an unbreakable conspiracy of silence-because to deny them would be too obviously absurd and to acknowledge them would condemn the central preoccupation of modern society as a crime against humanity.
E. F. Schumacher