“Both rich and poor nations have a common stake in policies that put the globe on a sustainable development path. The conflict is less between poor and rich countries than between the broad interests of people and the narrow interests of extractive industries. We need to find our way towards some kind of global regime that reduces emissions of the greenhouse gases, but well-off nations need to transfer the technology to make this possible, rather than viewing this shift as one more opportunity for private industry to profit.” PeopleWayNeedsWellsKindCountryOpportunityNationsInterestPoorCommonTechnologyPathRichPolicyDevelopmentIndustryConflictProfitGlobal WarmingBroadsStakesRegimesGlobesTransfersRich And PoorEmissionsSustainable DevelopmentGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesRich CountriesPoor Nations Author:Robert Kuttner
“I know of nothing more terrible than the poor creatures who have learned too much. Instead of the sound powerful judgement which would probably have grown up if they had learned nothing, their thoughts creep timidly and hypnotically after words, principles and formulae, constantly by the same paths. What they have acquired is a spider's web of thoughts too weak to furnish sure supports, but complicated enough to provide confusion.” IfsKnowsEnoughSoundPoorPowerfulPrinciplesSupportPathToo MuchTerribleCreaturesWeakComplicatedConfusionJudgementSpidersCreeps Book:Popular Scientific Lectures Source: Popular Scientific Lectures
“Doing the same things you did when the economy was good is not good enough. You will have to put more coals on the fire in a poor economy to get the same heat you received in a good economy. You must give more energy, more thought, more service, and get into positive thinking material more frequently. Become more selective about who you spend time with. Love a little more, hate a little less. Think about it. You can progressively move on an upward path toward any goal. The choice is yours as to who or what controls you!” ThinkingGivingLittlesEnoughMovingHateChoicesEnergyGoalPoorEconomyPathFirePositive ThinkingMaterialsHeatGood EnoughEnd TimesCoalSpend TimeNot Good EnoughSelective Author:Bob Proctor
“The little dog-eared books in the meeting-house proved poor reading ... So many of them were about unnaturally good children who never did wrong, and unnaturally bad children who never did right. At the end there was always the word MORAL, in big capital letters, as if the readers were supposed to be too blind to find it for themselves, and it had to be put directly across the path for them to stumble over.” IfsChildrenLittlesBookEndsBigsReadingHousePoorEducationMoralPathDogReaderLettersBlindMeetingsSupposed To Be Author:Annie Fellows Johnston
“Coming age is the age of knowledge. However rich, poor or powerful a country be, if they want to move ahead, only knowledge can lead them to that path.” IfsWantCountryAgeMovingPoorPowerfulEducationPathRichIndiaMoving AheadRich Poor Author:Narendra Modi
“You could sit on top of a mountain praying for hours a day and still not make it if you had no love in your heart. You could spend your life feeding the poor and still not make it because your karma required you to bear and nurture children. The path home to God is different for every person. Only communion with your Higher Self will reveal your path to you.” IfsHeartChildrenPersonsStillsDifferentSelfHomeHoursPoorPathBearsPrayingHigherMountainKarmaCommunionNurtureFeedingNo LoveHigher SelfSelf Will Author:Elizabeth Clare Prophet
“It is very seldom that any one is in prison for an ordinary crime unless early in life he entered a path that almost invariably led to the prison gate. Most of the inmates are the children of the poor. In many instances they are either orphans or half-orphans; their homes were the streets and byways of big cities, and their paths naturally and inevitably took them to their final fate.” ChildrenHomeBigsPoorCitiesHalfPathFateStreetsCrimeOrdinaryPrisonFinalsInstanceGatesOrphanBig CitiesInmates Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“We think we have to prove our allegiance to God by being poor. Many years ago, my own psychic development teacher taught me that to be on a spiritual path meant that you needed to be poor, because that was proving your allegiance to God. So growing up with that kind of teaching from her was a real struggle for me, also.” ThinkingYearsKindRealSpiritualMy OwnPoorStruggleGrowing UpPathTeacherGrowingTeachingTaughtDevelopmentNeededProveYears AgoPsychicsAllegianceSpiritual Path Author:Echo Bodine
“My greatest struggle is to coexist while watching the people I love choose less than life-supporting paths via drugs, alcohol, or poor lifestyle decisions. There is so much to life; my heart breaks watching someone held captive by addiction.” PeopleHeartDecisionPoorBreakStrugglePathMy HeartDrugAddictionAlcoholLifestyleHeart BreakCaptivesCoexist Author:Mike Love
“There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.” PeopleHardYoungPoorPathGroupsYouthHard WorkWalkingMembersAdversityObstaclesCuresPreparationMinoritiesMinority Groups Author:Barbara Jordan