“From a Buddhist point of view, this is standing the truth on its head by considering goods as more important than people and consumption as more important than creative activity. It means shifting the emphasis from the worker to the product of work, that is, from the human to the sub-human, surrender to the forces of evil.” PeopleHumansMeanImportantEvilForceViewsCreativeProductsActivityStandingWorkersPoint Of ViewSurrenderBuddhistGoodsConsumptionConsideringEmphasisShiftingSmall Is Beautiful Book:SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL Source: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
“To organize work in such a manner that it becomes meaningless, boring, stultifying, or nerve-racking for the worker would be little short of criminal; it would indicate a greater concern with goods than with people, an evil lack of compassion and a soul-destroying degree of attachment to the most primitive side of this worldly existence.” PeopleLittlesSoulWould BeEvilSidesExistenceCompassionGreaterDegreesConcernWorkersBoringCriminalsAttachmentGoodsNervesDestroyingMeaninglessPrimitiveOrganizeWorldlySmall Is BeautifulLack Of Compassion Book:SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL Source: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
“Our intentions tend to be much more real to us than our actions, and this can lead to a great deal of misunderstanding with other people, to whom our actions tend to be much more real than our intentions.” PeopleRealActionDealsIntentionMisunderstandingOur Actions Author:E. F. Schumacher
“There are three things healthy people most need to do - to be creatively productive, to render service, and to act in accordance with their moral impulses. In all three respects modern society frustrates most people most of the time.” PeopleNeedsThreeMoralModernHealthyImpulseProductiveThree ThingsModern Society Author:E. F. Schumacher
“An entirely new system of thought is needed, a system based on attention to people, and not primarily attention to goods. . . .” PeopleAttentionNeededGoodsSmall Is Beautiful Book:SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL Source: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
“Many people love in themselves what they hate in others” PeopleHateBehaviorComplacencyHatefulI Hate Love Author:E. F. Schumacher
“No degree of prosperity could justify the accumulation of large amounts of highly toxic substances which nobody knows how to make safe and which remain an incalculable danger to the whole of creation for historical or even geological ages. To do such a thing is a transgression against life itself, a transgression infinitely more serious than any crime perpetrated by man. The idea that a civilization could sustain itself on such a transgression is an ethical, spiritual, and metaphysical monstrosity. It means conducting the economical affairs of man as if people did not matter at all.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenMeanIdeasMatterWholeAgeSpiritualKnow HowCrimeDangerCreationSeriousAmountCivilizationSafeDegreesHistoricalAffairProsperitySubstanceJustifyEthicalToxicMetaphysicalAccumulationNobody KnowsConductingTransgressionMonstrosity Author:E. F. Schumacher
“The purpose of work is to give people a chance to utilize and develop their faculties; to enable them to overcome their ego-centeredness by joining others in a common task; and to bring for the goods and services needed for a becoming existence.” PeopleGivingPurposeChanceCommonExistenceBecomingNeededEgoTasksOvercomingCoachingGoodsFacultyJoiningGoods And ServicesCenteredness Author:E. F. Schumacher
“Development does not start with goods; it starts with people and their education, organization, and discipline. Without these three, all resources remain latent, untapped, potential.” PeopleDoeThreeDevelopmentDisciplineResourcesOrganizationGoodsLatentUntapped Potential Book:SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL Source: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
