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“Thanks to the acuteness of his mind, he saw through the poverty of philosophical and Gnostic knowledge, and contemptuously rejected it.”

Mind Poverty Saws Humorous Philosophical Thanks Rejected

Book:Psychological Types

Source: Psychological Types

“Have not all theists painted their Deity as the god of love and goodness? Yet after thousands of years of such preachments the gods remain deaf to the agony of the human race. Confucius cares not for the poverty, squalor and misery of the people of China. Buddha remains undisturbed in his philosophical indifference to the famine and starvation of outraged Hindoos; Jahve continues deaf to the bitter cry of Israel; while Jesus refuses to rise from the dead against his Christians who are butchering each other.”

Source: Mother Earth, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Social Science and Literature

“In a world of universal poverty The philosophers alone will be fat Against the autumn winds In an autumn that will be perpetual.”

World Poverty Wind Universal Philosophical Philosopher Fats Autumn Perpetual Autumn Wind

Book:The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens

Source: The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens

“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.”

Needs Given Poverty Needed Philosophical Catholic Charity Hunger Hippo Inspirational Charity Helping Others In Need Hunger Awareness

Author:Saint Augustine

“Poverty is the mother of crime.”

Mother Politics Poverty Crime Philosophical

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.”

Poor Poverty Rich Philosophical Riches And Poors

Author:Karl Marx

“It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.”

Thinking Life Political Difficult Business Poverty Economics Philosophical Management Earning Earning A Living Earning It

Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.”

Poor Poverty Rich Depends Comfort Philosophical

Author:Voltaire