Quote by E.F. Schumacher
I think I should not go far wrong if I asserted that the amount of

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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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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Genius
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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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Pearls around the neck – stones upon the heart. – Hanan J. Ayalti, Yiddish Proverbs, 1949

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We cannot get grace from gadgets. In the Bakelite house of the future, the dishes may not break, but the heart can. Even a man with ten shower baths may find life flat, stale and unprofitable. – J.B. Priestley

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Prosperity

What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven. – Friedrich Holderlin

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As prosperity is promoted, thinking is demoted. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Silence is medication for sorrow. – Arab Proverb

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More people should read books. Its the most concentrated experience you can have. – Vivienne Westwood

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I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul. – Jean Cocteau

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Nothing that is Gods is obtainable by money. – Tertullian

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