E. F. Schumacher

Economic development is something much wider and deeper than economics, let alone econometrics. Its roots lie outside the economic sphere, in education, organisation, discipline and, beyond that, in political independence and a national consciousness of self-reliance.

Real life consists of the tensions produced by the incompatibility of opposites, each of which is needed

The generosity of the Earth allows us to feed all mankind; we know enough about ecology to keep the Earth a healthy place; there is enough room on the Earth, and there are enough materials, so that everybody can have adequate shelter; we are quite competent enough to produce sufficient supplies of necessities so that no one need live in misery.

There is incredible generosity in the potentialities of Nature. We only have to discover how to utilize them.

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