E. F. Schumacher Quotes About Consumption
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Man is small, and, therefore, small is beautiful.
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From a Buddhist point of view, this is standing the truth on its head by considering goods as more important than people and consumption as more important than creative activity. It means shifting the emphasis from the worker to the product of work, that is, from the human to the sub-human, surrender to the forces of evil.
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Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.
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Anyone who thinks consumption can expand forever on a finite planet is either insane or an economist.
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At present, there can be little doubt that the whole of mankind is in mortal danger, not because we are short of scientific and technological know-how, but because we tend to use it destructively, without wisdom. More education can help us only if produces more wisdom.
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