Ernst F. Schumacher Quotes

#1. How could we even begin to disarm greed and envy? Perhaps by being much less greedy and envious ourselves; perhaps by resisting the temptation of letting our luxuries become needs; and perhaps by even scrutinising our needs to see if they cannot be simplified and reduced.

Ernst F. Schumacher

#2. In an industrial society, psychological benefits such as security, fulfilment, status, solidarity and conviviality are all delivered primarily through the jobs that people have or the work that they do.

Ernst F. Schumacher

#3. To say that life is nothing but a property of certain peculiar combinations of atoms is like saying that Shakespeare's Hamlet is nothing but a property of a peculiar combination of letters.

Ernst F. Schumacher

#4. Self-awareness is the rarest power of all, precious and vulnerable to the highest degree, the supreme and generally fleeting achievement of a person.

Ernst F. Schumacher

#5. People say:
'Let the facts speak for themselves'; they forget that the speech of facts is real only if it is heard and understood.

Ernst F. Schumacher

#6. A man who uses an imaginary map thinking that it is a true one, is likely to be worse off than someone with no map at all.

Ernst F. Schumacher

#7. Any fool can make things complicated, it requires a genius to make things simple

Ernst F. Schumacher