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World Quotes by E F Schumacher
- Modern economic thinking...is peculiarly unable to consider the long term and to appreciate man's dependence on the natural world.
- The heart of the matter, as I see it, is the stark fact that world poverty is primarily a problem of two million villages, and…
- Much of the economic decay of southeast Asia (as of many other parts of the world) is undoubtedly due to a heedless and shameful neglect…
- Our task - and the task of all education - is to understand the present world, the world in which we live and make our…
- The modern world tends to be skeptical about everything that makes demands on man's higher faculties. But it is not at all skeptical about skepticism,…
- The way in which we experience and interpret the world obviously depends very much indeed on the kind of ideas that fill our minds. If…
- An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because…
- Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation to man, a peril to the peace of the world or to the well-being of…
- Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.
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- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach