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

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Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity. – Goethe

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Prosperity

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity. – Alan Gregg

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It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad. – La Rochefoucauld, Reflections, 1665

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My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it. – Olusegun Obasanjo

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Tell me about yourself – your struggles, your dreams, your telephone number. – Peter Arno

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No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic. – Ann Landers

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