Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation of 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 (Small is beautiful, 1973)
E F Schumacher quote The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
E F Schumacher quote 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 quote Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.
E F Schumacher quote Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
E F Schumacher quote Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
E F Schumacher quote You can either read something many times in order to be assured that you got it all, or else you can define your purpose and use techniques which will assure that you have met it and gotten what you need.
E F Schumacher quote 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 quote Biography
German-born economist, 1911 - 77, full name Ernst Friedrich Schumacher