“Be present to those who, living in the midst of a society burdened by poverty and corruption, are broken in spirit, tempted to give up, to leave school and to live on the streets.” GivingSchoolSpiritPovertyStreetsBrokenGiving UpCorruptionMidstTempted Book:Men of Mercy: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests Source: Men of Mercy: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests
“The haggardness of poverty is everywhere seen contrasted with the sleekness of wealth, the exhorted labour of some compensating for the idleness of others, wretched hovels by the side of stately colonnades, the rags of indigence blended with the ensigns of opulence; in a word, the most useless profusion in the midst of the most urgent wants.” WantSidesWealthPovertyUselessLabourMidstWretchedIdlenessUrgentRagsOpulence Author:Jean-Baptiste Say
“To think health when surrounded by the appearances of disease or to think riches when in the midst of the appearances of poverty requires power, but whoever acquires this power becomes a mastermind. That person can conquer fate and can have what he or she wants.” ThinkingWantPersonsPovertyFateDiseaseAppearanceRichesConquerAcquireMidstMastermind Author:Wallace D. Wattles
“There are millions and millions of people who are thrown in the midst of poverty and starvation. Animals don't die of starvation, only human beings.” PeopleHumansDiesHuman BeingsAnimalPovertyMillionsThrownMidstStarvation Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“I grew up in the midst of poverty but every black kid that I knew could read and write. We have to talk about the fact that we cannot educate for critical consciousness if we have a group of people who cannot access Fanon, Cabral, or Audre Lorde because they can’t read or write. How did Malcolm X radicalize his consciousness? He did it through books. If you deprive working-class and poor black people of access to reading and writing, you are making them that much farther removed from being a class that can engage in revolutionary resistance.” PeopleIfsWritingBookFactsKidsReadingBlackPoorConsciousnessClassPovertyGroupsGrewGrew UpCriticalAccessResistanceRevolutionaryMidstBlack PeopleEducateWorking ClassReading And Writing Author:Bell Hooks