E. F. Schumacher Quotes


"The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology."
- E. F. Schumacher
(Related: Technology, Nature, Man, Self)

"The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is."
- E. F. Schumacher
(Related: Press, Printing)

"Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market."
- E. F. Schumacher
(Related: Company)

"Many people love in themselves what they hate in others."
- E. F. Schumacher
(Related: Love, People, Hate)

"It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work."
- E. F. Schumacher
(Related: Work, Employees, Income, Production)

"Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility."
- E. F. Schumacher
(Related: Growth, Impossibility, Infinite, World)

"Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes."
- E. F. Schumacher
(Related: Eagles, Will)