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.
Ernst F. SchumacherAny intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Ernst F. SchumacherTags: inspirational genius complexity violence elegance simplicity
Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology toward the organic, the gentle, the elegant and beautiful.
Ernst F. SchumacherEvery increase of needs tends to increase one's independence on outside forces over which one cannont have control and therefore increases existential fear
Ernst F. SchumacherAny intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity.
Ernst F. SchumacherIf greed were not the master of modern man--ably assisted by envy--how could it be that the frenzy of economism 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? How could we explain the almost universal refusal on the part of the rulers of the rich societies--where organized along private enterprise or collective enterprise lines--to work towards the humanisation of work? It is only necessary to assert that something would reduce the "standard of living" and every debate is instantly closed. That soul-destroying, meaningless, mechanical, monotonous, moronic work is an insult to human nature which must necessarily and inevitably produce either escapism or aggression, and that no amount of 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.
Ernst F. SchumacherAnything that we can destroy but are unable to make is, in a sense sacred, and all our 'explanations' of it do not really explain anything.
Ernst F. SchumacherThere is incredible generosity in the potentialities of Nature. We only have to discover how to utilize them.
Ernst F. SchumacherThe art of living is always to make a good thing out of a bad thing.
Ernst F. SchumacherOur ordinary mind always tried to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but this is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees.
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