“And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad.” HeartPoorReturnBlessingLonelyGladChristmasPossessingChristmas DayChristmas HolidayBest ChristmasChristmas MagicHoliday TraditionsCharity At ChristmasBelieving In ChristmasHoliday Greeting Card Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
“Instead of recommending cleanliness to the poor, we should encourage contrary habits. In our towns we should make the streets narrower, crowd more people into the houses, and court the return of the plague.” PeopleShouldHousePoorStreetsReturnHabitTownsCourtCrowdsContraryPlagueCleanlinessOur Town Book:An Essay on the Principle of Population Source: An Essay on the Principle of Population
“Madness is consistent; which is more than can be said for poor reason. Whatever may be the ruling passion at the time continues equally so throughout the whole delirium, though it should last for life. Madmen are always constant in love; which no man in his senses ever was. Our passions and principles are steady in frenzy; but begin to shift and waver, as we return to reason.” MenShouldMaySaidReasonWholeLastsPassionPoorPrinciplesReturnMadnessConstantSensesConsistentSteadyRulingMadmenFrenzyDeliriumRuling Passion Book:The Posthumous Works of Laurence Sterne: ... Source: The Posthumous Works of Laurence Sterne: ...
“The purpose of investing is not to simply optimise returns and make yourself rich. The purpose is not to die poor.” PurposeDiesPoorRichReturnInvesting Author:William J. Bernstein
“The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.” MindBodyLyingUniversePoorAirJourneyReturnDanceMysteriousDancerWearyVoyages Author:Agnes de Mille
“If you go out into the real world, you cannot miss seeing that the poor are poor not because they are untrained or illiterate but because they cannot retain the returns of their labor. They have no control over capital, and it is the ability to control capital that gives people the power to rise out of poverty.” PeopleIfsWorldGivingRealAbilityPoorPovertySeeingMissingReturnLaborReal WorldIlliterate Author:Muhammad Yunus