Author: E. F. Schumacher

Quotes

It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work.

It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work.

- E. F. Schumacher

If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.

If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.

- E. F. Schumacher

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

- E. F. Schumacher

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

- E. F. Schumacher

Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.

Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.

- E. F. Schumacher

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.

- E. F. Schumacher

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