83 Quotes by E.F. Schumacher

Everything can be seen directly except the eye through which we see.

Any 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.

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

We must do what we conceive to be the right thing, and not bother our heads or burden our souls with whether we are going to be successful. Because if we don’t do the right thing, we’ll be doing the wrong thing, and we will just be part of the disease, and not a part of the cure.

There can be nothing sacred in something that has a price.

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.

Modern man talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if he won the battle, he would find himself on the losing side.

Development does not start with goods; it starts with people and their education, organization, and discipline. Without these three, all resources remain latent, untapped, potential.

Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology toward the organic, the gentle, the elegant and beautiful.