“Yet it would be unfair to the generality of our kind to ascribe to their intellectual and moral weakness the gradual divergence of Buddhism and Christianity from their primitive patterns. For it should not be forgotten that by their glorification of poverty and celibacy both these religions struck straight at the root not merely of civil society but of human existence. The blow was parried by the wisdom or the folly of the vast majority of mankind, who refused to purchase a chance of saving their souls with the certainty of extinguishing the species.” ShouldHumansKindSoulWould BeChanceExistenceMoralChristianityPovertyMankindBuddhismIntellectualWeaknessRootsMajoritySpeciesForgottenPatternsBlowSavingCertaintyFollyPrimitiveUnfairHuman ExistenceCivil SocietyCelibacyGeneralitiesGlorificationDivergenceBuddhism And Christianity Author:James G. Frazer
“It's as if we live in a house which has a vast treasury in one of its rooms. Only we've forgotten about it. So, instead of living a life of royalty, we go about in poverty.” IfsHouseRoomsPovertyForgottenRoyaltyTreasury Author:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
“Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.” ThinkingPersonsCompassionPovertyGreaterSadDiversityForgottenHungerSympathyUnwantedUnlovedBeing SadGreat MotherUncaringHunger And PovertyHunger PovertyHunger For LoveBeing Unloved Author:Mother Teresa
“He wondered if what he had taken for the richness of silence was really the poverty of never being heard [...]. How could he have forgotten what he had always known: there is no match for the silence of God.” IfsSilenceKnownPovertyTakenHeardForgottenRichness Author:Nicole Krauss
“...I have so many dreams of my own, and I remember things from my childhood, from when I was a girl and a young woman, and I haven't forgotten a thing. So why did we think of Mom as a mom from the very beginning? She didn't have the opportunity to pursue her dreams, and all by herself, faced everything the era dealt her, poverty and sadness, and she couldn't do anything about her very bad lot in life other than suffer through it and get beyond it and live her life to the very best of her ability, giving her body and her heart to it completely. Why did I never give a thought to Mom's dreams?” ThinkingGivingHeartDreamBodyRememberYoungSufferingGirlOpportunityMy OwnAbilityPovertySadnessChildhoodHavensMomForgottenPursueErasYoung Women Author:Shin Kyung-sook
“You can find Calcutta anywhere in the world. You only need two eyes to see. Everywhere in the world there are people that are not loved, people that are not wanted nor desired, people that no one will help, people that are pushed away or forgotten. And this is the greatest poverty.” PeopleWorldNeedsTwoHelpingEyeWantedPovertyForgottenCalcuttaPushed Away Author:Mother Teresa