Quotes from the writings of E. F. Schumacher:
“To talk about the future is only useful if it leads to action now.”
“Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology toward the organic, the gentle, the elegant and beautiful.”
“Our task – and the task of all education – is to understand the present world, the world in which we live and make our choices.”
“An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.”
from Small is Beautiful, 1973
“It is no longer possible to believe that any political or economic reform, or scientific advance, or technological progress could solve the life and death problems of industrial society. They lie too deep, in the heart and soul of every one of us. It is there that the main work or reform has to be done –secretly, unobtrusively.”
“It is the individual, personal example that counts. The greatest “doing” that is open to every one of us, now as always, is to foster and develop within oneself a genuine understanding of the situation which confronts us, and to build conviction, determination, and persuasiveness upon such understanding.”
from Good Work, 1979