Quote by E.F. Schumacher
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and mor

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. – E.F. Schumacher

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Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees. – E.F. Schumacher

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Confidence
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I think I should not go far wrong if I asserted that the amount of genuine leisure available in a society is generally in inverse proportion to the amount of labor-saving machinery it employs. – E.F. Schumacher

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Prosperity
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One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius. – Simone de Beauvoir

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In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self Reliance,” Essays, 1841

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Genius

Genius, by its very intensity, decrees a special path of fire for its vivid power. – Phillips Brooks

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If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A good name is better than precious ointment. Ecclesiastes 7:1 – Bible

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At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents, and I cant say no to her. It would just break my heart. But when I was little, for birthdays we just played outside and we were happy if we got any cake. – Goran Ivanisevic

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Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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