Not Mass Production But Production By The

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.

Not Mass Production But Production By The Masses.

Even Bigger Machines, Entailing Even Bigger Concentrations Of Economic Power And Exerting Ever Greater Violence Against The Environment, Do Not Represent Progress: They Are A Denial Of Wisdom. Wisdom Demands A New Orientation Of Science And Technology Towards The Organic, The Gentle, The Nonviolent, The Elegant And Beautiful.

By Means Of Trees, Wildlife Could Be Conserved, Pollution Decreased, And The Beauty Of Our Landscapes Enhanced. This Is The Way, Or At Least One Of The Ways, To Spiritual, Moral, And Cultural Regeneration.

Modern Man Talks Of A Battle With Nature, Forgetting That, If He Won The Battle, He Would Find Himself On The Losing Side