la pauvreté est comme un mal qu'on endort en soi et qui ne donne pas trop de douleur, à condition de ne pas trop bouger. On s’y habitue, on finit par ne plus y prendre garde tant qu’on reste avec elle tapie dans l’obscurité; mais qu'on s'avise de la sortir au grand jour, et on s'effraie, on la voit enfin, si sordide qu'on hésite à l'exposer au soleil.
(Ch. XIII)
Stichwörter: poverty
Those with the money are eccentric. Those without, insane.
Bruce RobinsonStichwörter: money insanity eccentricity madness poverty
He seems so frivolous and so careless, but he gives money to beggars, not frivolously or carelessly, but because he believes in giving money to beggars, and giving it to them “where they stand”.
He says he knows perfectly well all the arguments against giving money to beggars. But he finds those to be precisely the arguments for giving money to them. If beggars are lazy or deceptive or wanting a drink, he knows only too well his own lack of motivation, his own dishonesty, his own thirst.
He doesn’t believe in “scientific charity” because that is too easy, as easy as writing a check. He believes in “promiscuous charity” because that is really difficult. “It means the most dark and terrible of all human actions—talking to a man. In fact, I know of nothing more difficult than really talking to the poor men we meet.” (pp. 13-14)
Stichwörter: poverty catholicism catholic social-justice
Being an altruist I have an urge in mylife to help poor's but im not Bill Gates
Bilal Bashir MagryStichwörter: poverty help urge bill-gate
Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more. Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare. Taxes protect property and the environment; taxes make business possible. Taxes pay for roads and schools and bridges and police and teachers. Taxes pay for doctors and nursing homes and medicine. During an emergency, like an earthquake or a hurricane, taxes pay for rescue workers, shelters, and services. For people whose lives are devastated by other kinds of disaster, like the disaster of poverty, taxes pay, even, for food.
Jill LeporeStichwörter: wealth society environment government poverty business taxes general-welfare disasters property benefits emergencies common-defense domestic-tranquility
You'd be surprised how difficult it is to ask alms of a stranger when you've never done it before, what a psychological barrier separates the honest man from the panhandler. ("Dusk To Dawn")
Cornell WoolrichStichwörter: poverty poor homeless begging beggar panhandling
Believe me I do understand and I am disgusted by the idea that we should aim for any less for a child from a poor background than a rich one.
David CameronStichwörter: equality poverty england united-kingdom conservative-party-uk david-cameron
We must arm ourselves with patience and wisdom and listen to the poor what they want. This is the best way to avoid the trap of ignorance, ideology and inertia on our side.
Abhijit V. BanerjeeStichwörter: patience economics poverty chocolat
Abundance isn't God's provision for me to live in luxury. It's his provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with his money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build his kingdom in heaven.
Randy AlcornStichwörter: money wealth christianity god heaven poverty stewardship help sharing kingdom riches luxury abundance provision
God pours out his choicest blessings on those who are anxious that nothing shall stick to their hands. Individuals who value the rainy day above the present agony of the world will get no blessing from God.
William MacDonaldStichwörter: god suffering poverty stewardship others hoarding giving sharing saving rainy-day blessing agony anxious keeping
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