“A poor creature who has said or done nothing worth a serious man taking the trouble of remembering.” MenSaidDoneFunnyRememberPoorTroubleSeriousCreaturesSerious Man Author:Thomas Carlyle
“Today the great gift of God's Creation is exposed to serious dangers and lifestyles which can degrade it. Environmental pollution is making particularly unsustainable the lives of the poor of the world ... we must pledge ourselves to take care of creation and to share its resources in solidarity.” WorldCareTodayPoorShareDangerCreationSeriousResourcesEnvironmentalClimate ChangeTake CareLifestyleExposedPollutionSolidarityPledgeGift From GodDegradeGreat GiftsGod's CreationEnvironmental Pollution Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“We live in a world with serious class complexes. It is one thing to be a college student with loan debts and another thing to be just dirt poor for your entire life. The challenge is to come up with more complex understandings of where we are, more global awareness of what connects Americans with what is happening with suffering and oppressed people all around the world.” PeopleWorldSufferingUnderstandingChallengesPoorClassOne ThingAwarenessStudentsCollegeSeriousHappeningsComplexesCome UpDebtAround The WorldDirtOppressedLoanCollege Students Author:Bell Hooks
“If a man successful in business expends a part of his income in things of no real use, while the poor employed by him pass through difficulties in getting the necessaries of life, this requires his serious attention.” IfsMenRealUseWealthPoorAttentionSuccessfulSeriousDifficultyIncomeEmployed Book:A Journal of the Life and Travels of John Woolman: In the Service of the Gospel Source: A Journal of the Life and Travels of John Woolman: In the Service of the Gospel
“We always say we are equal in front of death, but when you are rich, for example, and you have everybody taking care of you, I think that you suffer much less. It must be much more painful to die when you are poor than when you are rich. But when your heart is broken, you can be rich, poor, whatever - a broken heart, we are all equal in front of it. And I think there is no subject more serious.” ThinkingHeartCareSufferingDiesPoorRichSubjectsFrontsExampleSeriousBrokenEqualPainfulRich Poor Author:Marjane Satrapi
“I wanted to catch the problem of consumption, waste, poor people eating what we throw away, which is a big subject. But I didn't want to become a sociologue, an ethnographe, a serious thinker. I thought I should be free, even in a documentary which has a very serious subject.” PeopleWantShouldProblemBigsWantedPoorSubjectsSeriousWasteEatingThinkerConsumptionDocumentariesPoor PeopleSerious Subjects Author:Agnes Varda