Our Task - And The Task Of

There Are Poor Societies Which Have Too Little; But Where Is The Rich Society That Says: 'halt! We Have Enough'? There Is None.

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.

The Best Aid To Give Is Intellectual Aid, A Gift Of Useful Knowledge. A Gift Of Knowledge Is Infinitely Preferable To A Gift Of Material Things.

To Describe An Animal As A Physico-chemical System Of Extreme Complexityis No Doubt Perfectly Correct, Except That It Misses Out On The Animalness Of The Animal.

That Soul-destroying, Meaningless, Mechanical, Moronic Work Is An Insult To Human Nature Which Must Necessarily And Inevitably Produce Either Escapism Or Aggression, And That No Amount Of 'bread And Circuses' Can Compensate For The Damage Done-these Are Facts Which Are Neither Denied Nor Acknowledged But Are Met With An Unbreakable Conspiracy Of Silence-because To Deny Them Would Be Too Obviously Absurd And To Acknowledge Them Would Condemn The Central Preoccupation Of Modern Society As A Crime Against Humanity.