Any Intelligent Fool Can Make Things Bigger

The Fundamental Task Is To Achieve Smallness Within Large Organisation.

I Have No Doubt That It Is Possible To Give A New Direction To Technological Development, A Direction That Shall Lead It Back To The Real Needs Of Man, And That Also Means: To The Actual Size Of Man. Man Is Small, And, Therefore, Small Is Beautiful.

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.

From The Point Of View Of The Employer, It Is In Any Case Simply An Item Of Cost, To Be Reduced To A Minimum If It Cannot Be Eliminated Altogether, Say, By Automation. From The Point Of View Of The Workman, It Is A "disutility"; To Work Is To Make A Sacrifice Of One's Leisure And Comfort, And Wages Are A Kind Of Compensation For The Sacrifice.

We Still Have To Learn How To Live Peacefully, Not Only With Our Fellow Men But Also With Nature.