“Let us rejoice that we are poor, And have no gold to keep: We do not need to bar the door Ere we can go to sleep.” NeedsSleepPoorPovertyDoorsGoldBarsRejoiceGoing To Sleep Author:Robert B. Leighton
“There is no poverty in life when you have a loving, peaceful, happy family. They are a gift which cannot be bought nor traded for gold.” PovertyGoldPeacefulFamily LoveHappy Family Author:Ryan Dunn
“It is the poor man who clenches so tightly to the gold he is given - for fear of losing it. The man of wealth spends his gold freely to accomplish his will in the world. It is the same with life.' Suddenly ashamed of my conspicuous poverty, I lowered my eyes. But Scatha placed a hand beneath my chin and raised my head. 'Cling too tightly to your life and you will lose it, my Reluctant Warrior. You must become the master of your life, not its slave.” MenWorldHandsEyeGivenLosesWealthPoorPovertyMastersLosingGoldSlaveRaisedAccomplishWarriorAshamedReluctantChinsPoor Man Author:Stephen R. Lawhead
“Our defeat was always implicit in the victory of others; our wealth has always generated our poverty by nourishing the prosperity of others - the empires and their native overseers. In the colonial and neocolonial alchemy, gold changes into scrap metal and food into poison.” WealthPovertyVictoryGoldDefeatProsperityPoisonNativeEmpiresMetalsAlchemyScrapImplicitScrap Metal Book:Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Source: Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent