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Work and leisure are complementary parts of the same living process and cannot be separated without destroying the joy of work and the bliss of leisure.

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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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An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.

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All great works of art are about God in the sense that they show the perplexed human being the path, the way up the mountain.

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There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is none.

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Man's needs are infinite, and infinitude can be achieved only in the spiritual realm, never in the material.

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It is of little use trying to suppress terrorism if the production of deadly devices continues to be deemed a legitimate employment of man's creative powers.

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Everything can be seen directly except the eye through which we see.

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E. F. Schumacher

E. F. Schumacher

Born: August 19, 1911

Died: August 19, 1977 (aged 66)

Bio: Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher was an internationally influential economic thinker, statistician and economist in Britain, serving as Chief Economic Advisor to the UK National Coal Board for two decades.

Known for:

Small Is Beautiful (1973)
A Guide for the Perplexed (1977)
This I Believe: And Other Essays
Schumacher on energy

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