Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring, if not too scrupulous, pioneer.
E. F. SchumacherThe real problems of our planet are not economic or technical, they are philosophical. The philosophy of unbridled materialism is being challenged by events.
E. F. SchumacherAn entirely new system of thought is needed, a system based on attention to people, and not primarily attention to goods. . . .
E. F. SchumacherOur task - and the task of all education - is to understand the present world, the world in which we live and make our choices.
E. F. SchumacherEagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
E. F. Schumacher