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E. F. Schumacher Quotes

E. F. Schumacher quotes

English Economist August 16, 1911 – September 4, 1977

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E. F. Schumacher quote: "Many people love in themselves what they hate in others."
Many people love in themselves what they hate in others. E. F. Schumacher
An attitude to life which seeks fulfilment in thesingle-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into thisworld, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while theenvironment in which it is placed is strictly limited. E. F. Schumacher
Education can help us only if it produces "whole men." The truly educated man is not a man who knows a bit of everything, not even the man who knows all the details of all subjects (if such a thing were possible): the "whole man," in fact, may have very little detailed knowledge of facts & theories...but he will be truly in touch with the centre. He will not be in doubt about his basic convictions, about his view on the meaning and purpose of his life. He may not be able to explain these... E. F. Schumacher
E. F. Schumacher quote: "Real life consists of the tensions produced by the..."
Real life consists of the tensions produced by the incompatibility of opposites, each of which is needed E. F. Schumacher
Our 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. E. F. Schumacher
E. F. Schumacher quote: "Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology..."
Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology toward the organic, the gentle, the elegant and beautiful. 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. E. F. Schumacher
E. F. Schumacher quote: "Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize..."
Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes. E. F. Schumacher
E. F. Schumacher quote: "The art of living is always to make a good thing out of a bad..."
The art of living is always to make a good thing out of a bad thing. 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. E. F. Schumacher
E. F. Schumacher quote: "The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the..."
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is. E. F. Schumacher
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
Many have no desire to be in it, because their work does not interest them, providing them with neither challenge nor satisfaction, and has no other merit in their eyes than that it leads to a pay-packet at the end of the week. E. F. Schumacher
E. F. Schumacher quote: "There is incredible generosity in the potentialities of..."
There is incredible generosity in the potentialities of Nature. We only have to discover how to utilize them. E. F. Schumacher
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. E. F. Schumacher

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