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“Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.”

“Poverty on both a personal and worldwide level is supported by our collective belief in scarcity.”

Belief Levels Poverty Collectives Scarcity

Author:Shakti Gawain

“I did have a lot of lack, but I never experienced it. I grew up in the east side of Detroit, in an area where there was very little, except for a lot of scarcity, poverty and hunger. Even growing up in an orphanage, I never woke up saying, "I'm an orphan again today, isn't this terrible? Poor me."”

Littles Today Sides Poor Poverty Growing Up Growing Grew Terrible Grew Up Areas Hunger East Detroit Orphan Scarcity Orphanage East Side Poor Me

Author:Wayne Dyer

“Charity is to unburden you from your guilt, so you say, `I am doing something: I going to open a hospital, going to open a college. I give money to this charity fund, to that trust....` You feel a little happier. The world has lived in poverty, the world has lived in scarcity, ninety-nine percent of people have lived a poor life, almost starving and dying, and only one percent of people have lived with richness, with money - they have always felt guilty. To help them, the religions developed the idea of charity. It is to rid them of their guilt.”

People World Giving Feels Littles Ideas Helping Felt Poor Poverty Dying College Percent Guilt Charity Nine Guilty Fund Hospitals Ninety Starving Richness Scarcity Ninety Nine Poor Life

Author:Rajneesh

“The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.”

World Natural Poor Results Poverty Rich Century Priorities Beggar Scarcity World Poverty

Book:Keeping a Rendezvous

Source: Keeping a Rendezvous

“Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.”

Source: Towards a new world: defining moments