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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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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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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When prosperity comes, do not use all of it. – Confucius

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Prosperity

Luxury… corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. – Rousseau, The Social Contract, 1762

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Prosperity

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, “Let no more riches enter!” – Aeschylus

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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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You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time. – Albert Einstein

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My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And thats all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment. – Eric Stoltz

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Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history. – Pieter Geyl, Debates With Historians

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The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. – Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab

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