The Substance Of Man Cannot Be Measured

Economic Policies Absorb Almost The Entire Attention Of Government, And At The Same Time Become Ever More Impotent. The Simplest Things, Which Only Fifty Years Ago One Could Do Without Difficulty, Cannot Get Done Any More. The Richer A Society, The More Impossible It Become To Do Worthwhile Things Without Immediate Payoff.

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.

Any Intelligent Fool Can Make Things Bigger And More Complex... It Takes A Touch Of Genius - And A Lot Of Courage To Move In The Opposite Direction.

It Is Amazing How Much Theory We Can Do Without When Work Actually Begins.

Few Can Contemplate Without A Sense Of Exhilaration The Splendid Achievements Of Practical Energy And Technical Skill, Which, From The Latter Part Of The Seventeenth Century, Were Transforming The Face Of Material Civilization, And Of Which England Was The Daring, If Not Too Scrupulous, Pioneer.