“Under the tutelage of their economic counselors, political leaders manipulate discount rates and the money supply with all the confidence of space… — E.F. Schumacher Economics Copy Share Image
“The whole intellectual edifice collapsed in the summer of last year because the data inputted into the risk management models generally covered… — E.F. Schumacher Last year Copy Share Image
“Toward the end of his presidency, he gave one of his most famous speeches, diagnosing a crisis of confidence in the country… — E.F. Schumacher Confidence Copy Share Image
“People say: 'Let the facts speak for themselves'; they forget that the speech of facts is real only if it is heard… — E.F. Schumacher Communication Copy Share Image
“Any fool can make things complicated, it requires a genius to make things simple” — E.F. Schumacher Intelligence Copy Share Image
“Education which fails to clarify our central convictions is mere training or indulgence. For it is our central convictions that are in… — E.F. Schumacher Faith Copy Share Image
“To say that life is nothing but a property of certain peculiar combinations of atoms is like saying that Shakespeare's Hamlet is… — E.F. Schumacher Atoms Copy Share Image
“It is therefore scientifically correct to say that 'natural selection has been proved to be an agent of evolutionary change' - we… — E.F. Schumacher Change Copy Share Image
“If greed were not the master of modern man--ably assisted by envy--how could it be that the frenzy of economism does not… — E.F. Schumacher Greed Copy Share Image
“What do I miss, as a human being, if I have never heard of the Second Law of Thermodynamics? The answer is:… — E.F. Schumacher Education Copy Share Image
“The all-pervading disease of the modern world is the total imbalance between city and countryside, an imbalance in terms of wealth, power,… — E.F. Schumacher Hope Copy Share Image
“Education can help us only if it produces "whole men." The truly educated man is not a man who knows a bit… — E.F. Schumacher Educated man Copy Share Image
“...because from bigness comes impersonality, insensitivity and a lust to concentrate abstract power.” — E.F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
