Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation to man, a peril to the peace of the world or to the well-being of future generations: as long as you have not shown it to be "uneconomic" you have not really questioned its right to exist, grow, and prosper.

I cannot predict the wind but I can have my sail ready.

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.

I certainly never feel discouraged. I can't myself raise the winds that might blow us or this ship into a better world. But I can at least put up the sail so that when the winds comes, I can catch it.

An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.

Modern economic thinking...is peculiarly unable to consider the long term and to appreciate man's dependence on the natural world.

After all, for mankind as a whole there are no exports. We did not start developing by obtaining foreign exchange from Mars or the moon. Mankind is a closed society.