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 impo… - E. F. Schumacher

Education can help us only if it produces “whole men”. The truly educated man is not a man who knows a bit of everything, not even the man who knows all the details of all subjects (if such a thing were possible): the “whole man” in fact, may have little detailed knowledge of facts and theories, he may treasure the Encyclopædia Britannica because “she knows and he needn’t”, but he will be truly in touch with the centre. He will not be in doubt about his basic convictions, about his view on the meaning and purpose of his life. He may not be able to explain these matters in words, but the conduct of his life will show a certain sureness of touch which stems from this inner clarity.

The disease having been caused by allowing cleverness to displace wisdom, no amount of clever research is likely to produce a cure.

Perhaps we cannot raise the winds. But each of us can put up the sail, so that when the wind comes we can catch it.