“Gotta start teaching the children that they can be just what they want to be, there's much more to life than poverty.” WantChildrenEducationPovertyTeachingMore To Life Author:Tupac Shakur
“Is poverty of spirit the chief amongst virtues, that Jesus gives it prime place in his teachings? Is it even a virtue at all? Surely not. Manliness of spirit, honesty of spirit, fullness of rightful purpose, these are virtues; poverty of spirit is a crime.” GivingSpiritPurposeJesusPovertyVirtueAtheismTeachingCrimeHonestyPositive AtheismChiefsPrimeFullnessManliness Book:Theological Essays Source: Theological Essays
“Poverty can't be an excuse for bad teaching, but teaching can't be the only thing we do to combat poverty.” PovertyTeachingExcuseCombat Author:Tony Danza
“I was trained to become an economist and I finished my work and I was teaching and did my PhD so I thought I did that. I prepared myself for that kind of road. But then I realized that I had not learned enough to solve the problem of poverty. So I distanced myself from the things that I learned and tried to learn anew about people.” PeopleKindEnoughProblemPovertyTeachingPreparedSolveFinishedI RealizedEconomistPhds Author:Muhammad Yunus
“The episcopal church was destined, inevitably, to grow further and further away from the Christian teaching of poverty and denial of worldly goods. It became more like an additional arm of secular administration.” ChristianGrowsChurchPovertyTeachingArmsAdministrationDenialGoodsSecularWorldlyDestinedChristian Teaching Author:Judith Herrin
“To do such a thing would be to transcend magic. And I beheld, unclouded by doubt, a magnificent vision of all that invisibility might mean to a man—the mystery, the power, the freedom. Drawbacks I saw none. You have only to think! And I, a shabby, poverty-struck, hemmed-in demonstrator, teaching fools in a provincial college, might suddenly become—this.” ThinkingMenMeanMightWould BeVisionPovertyDoubtSawsMagicMysteryTeachingCollegeFoolMagnificentInvisibilityShabbyDrawbacks Book:The Invisible Man Source: The Invisible Man
“If the people of God were to transform the world through fascination, these amazing teachings had to work at the center of these peculiar people. Then we can look into the eyes of a centurion and see not a beast but a child of God, and then walk with that child a couple of miles. Look into the eys of tax collectors as they sue you in court; see their poverty and give them your coat. Look in to the eys of the ones who are hardest for you to like, and see the One you love. For God loves good and bad people.” PeopleIfsWorldGivingLooksChildrenEyeCommunityWalksPovertyTeachingCoupleTaxesCourtMilesHardestGod LoveBeastPeculiarCoatsGood And BadFascinationBad PeopleCollectorsChild Of GodOne You LoveCenturions Book:Jesus for President Source: Jesus for President