Quotes About Poverty

Short Quotes

"How many saints have arisen from the slums and the wretched conditions of humanity? Poverty is a better breeding ground for sainthood than wealth and affluence."

• What Happens After Death (July 11, 2008)

"The wealthy are far more deluded than the poor. They are far more distracted. They are far more seduced. They have far greater attachments to things of little value than do the poor."

• What Happens After Death (July 11, 2008)

Long Quotes

"One of the great tragedies of human poverty, which is so rampant in the world today and which has the risk of growing ever greater in the future, is that the great assets of these people will never be discovered, will never be allowed to emerge. The great scientists, the great thinkers, the great politicians, the great religious leaders, the great servants of humanity will all be kept under the yoke of poverty."

• The Age of Women 11/14/07

"If you failed because of poverty and oppression, there is no judgment against you for this. There will only be the desire to return and try again."

• Illness and Health (May 28, 2011)

Resources

"Most people do not even have enough to even live a balanced and harmonious life, so the more you want for yourself, the more you draw from the limited resources of the world, the more you deprive other people."

• The Gift 3/31/07

Further Study

What Happens After Death 7/11/08