“People say: 'Let the facts speak for themselves'; they forget that the speech of facts is real only if it is heard and understood.” FactsUnderstanding Book:A Guide for the Perplexed Source: A Guide for the Perplexed
“An attitude to life which seeks fulfilment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.” WealthEnvironmentMaterialism Book:Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered Source: Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered
“In the Fourth Field of Knowledge there is only observation of movement and other kinds of material change; meaning or purpose, intelligence or chance, freedom or necessity, as well as life, consciousness, and self-awareness cannot be sensually observed. Only 'signs' can be found and observed; the observer has to choose the grade of significance he is willing to attribute to them.” FaithSolipsism Book:A guide for the puzzled Source: A guide for the puzzled
“It is therefore scientifically correct to say that 'natural selection has been proved to be an agent of evolutionary change' - we can, in fact, prove it by doing. But it is totally illegitimate to claim that the discovery of this mechanism - natural selection - proves that the cause of evolution 'was automatic with no room for divine guidance or design'.” EvolutionNatural SelectionDivine GuidanceDivine Design Book:A Guide for the Perplexed Source: A Guide for the Perplexed
“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.” InspirationalViolenceGeniusSimplicityComplexityElegance Author:E.F. Schumacher