“... it is one of the gains of advancing age that the good of young creatures becomes a more definite intense joy to us. With that renunciation for ourselves which age inevitably brings, we get more freedom of soul to enter into the life of others; what we can never learn they will know, and the gladness which is a departed sunlight to us is rising with the strength of morning to them.” KnowsSoulAgeYoungJoyMorningCreaturesGainsIntenseRisingSunlightDefiniteAdvancingLives Of OthersRenunciationGladnessDeparted Book:Life and letters Source: Life and letters
“We continually make decisions in private which affect the commonweal, as the ecologists (to take but one example) have shown us. When I keep my house warmer than it needs to be, I consume fuel which might help someone else keep warm, or keep a job. When the food I eat is high on the protein chain I contribute to a maldistribution of protein around the world. When I teach my children to be primarily concerned with private gain, I diminish the ranks of public leadership in the rising generation.” WorldNeedsChildrenHelpingMightJobsHouseDecisionTeachGenerationsExampleGainsConcernedEnvironmentalWarmChainsAround The WorldMy ChildrenRisingFuelSustainabilityDiminishProtein Author:Parker J. Palmer
“Wine, like the rising sun, possession gains, And drives the mist of dullness from the brains, The gloomy vapor from the spirit flies, And views of gaiety and gladness rise.” SpiritViewsBrainSunGainsWinePossessionRisingMistGloomyGladnessDullnessVaporGaiety Book:Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales Source: Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales
“Poverty persists, essentially, because the people at the bottom - the bottom quarter and also the bottom half - see the gains from the rising global average income wiped out by severe declines in their relative share.” PeopleHalfPovertyShareGainsBottomAverageIncomeRisingRelativeQuartersDeclinePersistSevere Author:Thomas Pogge
“Most of the productivity gains appear to go to the top 1 percent. Most people don't have enough income and as a result, they borrow additional money by using their credit card and they fall into high debt. The result of the growing income gap is a slower growing GDP (too few people with money to spend) and a rising tide of indebtedness.” PeopleEnoughFallResultsGrowingPercentGainsCreditDebtProductivityIncomeCardsRisingGapsTidesCredit CardGdpIndebtedness Author:Philip Kotler