“There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavour of life until he has known poverty, love and war. The justness of this reflection commends it to the lover of condensed philosophy. The three conditions embrace about all there is in life worth knowing. A surface thinker might deem that wealth should be added to the list. Not so. When a poor man finds a long-hidden quarter-dollar that has slipped through a rip into his vest lining, he sounds the pleasure of life with a deeper plummet than any millionaire can hope to cast.” MenShouldLongWarPhilosophyMightThreeSoundWealthPleasurePoorKnownPovertyKnowingConditionsLoversReflectionEmbraceDollarsCastsDeeperSurfaceListsThinkerQuartersRipMillionairePoor ManFlavourPleasures Of LifeVestsLove And War Book:Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)
“He that would be content with a mean condition must not cast his eye upon one that is in a far better estate than himself, but let him look upon him that is lower than he is, and, if he see that such a one bears poverty comfortably, it will help to quiet him.” IfsLooksMeanHelpingWould BeEyePovertyConditionsBearsQuietCastsHis EyesLook UpEstates Book:The Works of Anne Bradstreet Source: The Works of Anne Bradstreet
“Poverty palls the most generous spirits; it cows industry, and casts resolution itself into despair.” SpiritPovertyIndustryDespairCastsGenerousResolutionCowsGenerous Spirit Author:Joseph Addison
“You will live to see men arise in power in the Church who will seek to put down your friends and the friends of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Many will be hoisted because of their money and worldly learning which they seem to be in possession of; and many who are the true followers of our Lord and Savior will be cast down because of their poverty.” MenSeemsJesusChristChurchLordPovertyJesus ChristCastsPossessionAriseFollowersSaviorWorldlyOur LordSavior Jesus Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.
“Here the whole world (stars, water, air, And field, and forest, as they were Reflected in a single mind) Like cast off clothes was left behind In ashes, yet with hopes that she, Re-born from holy poverty, In lenten lands, hereafter may Resume them on her Easter Day." (Epitaph for Joy Gresham)” WorldMindMayWholeJoyLeftStarsWaterBornBehindsPovertyAirLandFieldsHolyClothesCastsWhole WorldForestsAshesEasterRebirthLeft BehindHereafterResumesEpitaphEaster DayLenten Author:C. S. Lewis
“The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside by a generous hand. But- and this is the point- who gets excited by a mere penny? But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days.” IfsWorldFactsHandsPovertyHealthyFindingsMereLifetimeSimplicityCastsExcitedGenerousPennies Book:PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK Source: PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
“The longer I live the more I mistrust theatricality, the false glamour cast by performance, the more I know its poverty beside the truths we are salvaging from the splitting-open of our lives. -from "Transcendental Etude” KnowsPovertyOur LivesPerformancesCastsGlamourMistrustTranscendentalSplitting Author:Adrienne Rich