“There are many different rivers that lead into despair: there's poverty; there's political repression; there's gender apartheid - there's a sense of culture loss; there's religious fanaticism.” DifferentPoliticalCultureReligiousLossPovertyDespairRiversGenderFanaticismRepressionApartheid Author:Lawrence Wright
“There the poor have another advantage ... for they may defy not only death, but every loss by sea or land, for they have nothing to lose.” MayLosesLossPoorPovertySeaLandAdvantageNothing To Lose Author:Elizabeth Inchbald
“Nothing but real love--(how rare it is; has one human heart in a million ever known it?) nothing but real love can repay us for the loss of freedom--the cares and fears of poverty--the cold pity of the world that we both despise and respect.” WorldLoveHumansHeartRealCareLossKnownPovertyMillionsColdPityDespiseReal LoveHuman HeartLove Respect Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“When you've cooked the marrow of the sun and moon, The pearl is so bright you don't worry about poverty.” LossPovertyWorrySunMoonDisasterPearlsMarrow Author:Sun Bu'er
“The very fact that faith looks to a power beyond itself means that it is continually subject to loss of control. So if you're looking to get control of all your problems, forget Christianity. If you're looking for success, happiness, or freedom from pain, forget Christ. The way of Christ is the cross, and the cross spells weakness, poverty, failure, death.” IfsWayLooksMeanFactsProblemPainFaithChristReligiousLossForgetChristianityPovertySubjectsWeaknessCrossesSpellsSuccess HappinessFreedom From Pain Author:Mike Mason
“Cultivation is at least one of the greatest natural improvements ever made by human invention. It has given to created earth a tenfold value. But the landed monopoly that began with it has produced the greatest evil. It has dispossessed more than half the inhabitants of every nation of their natural inheritance, without providing for them, as ought to have been done, an indemnification for that loss, and has thereby created a species of poverty and wretchedness that did not exist before.” HumansHas BeensMadeDoneEarthValuesEvilGivenNationsNaturalLossHalfPovertyOughtSpeciesImprovementInventionProvidingInheritanceMonopolyCultivationWretchednessHuman Inventions Book:Agrarian Justice Source: Agrarian Justice
“Barack Obama's been president for about eight hours; President Obama was here for eight years. So if you want to talk about numbers that matter, it's quantifying all the losses - the women who were slid into poverty, those who can't find meaningful work, and their children who deserve a better life.” IfsWantYearsChildrenMatterPresidentHoursLossNumbersPovertyDeserveEightMeaningfulBarackPresident ObamaBetter LifeFind MeMeaningful Work Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Failure of government programs prompts more determined effort, while the loss of liberty is ignored or rationalized away...whether is it is the war on poverty, drugs, terrorism...or the current Hitler of the day, an appeal to patriotism is used to convince the people that a little sacrifice of liberty, here or there, is a small price to pay...The results, though, are frightening and will soon become even more so.” PeopleLittlesWarGovernmentUsedLossResultsEffortPayLibertyPovertySacrificeDrugProgramCurrentsTerrorismDeterminedAppealsConvinceFrighteningIgnoredPromptsGovernment ProgramsWar On Poverty Author:Ron Paul
“Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and it is not cured by medication. Depression may not even be an illness at all. Often, it can be a normal reaction to abnormal situations. Poverty, unemployment, and the loss of loved ones can make people depressed, and these social and situational causes of depression cannot be changed by drugs.” PeopleMaySocialCausesLossBrainSituationPovertyChangedDrugNormalIllnessReactionsChemicalsLoved OnesUnemploymentMedicationAbnormalImbalanceLoss Of A Loved One Author:Irving Kirsch