Real poverty is when hunger pangs force from my mind all thoughts but those of food. Real poverty is when the children are not dressed warmly enough for winter. Real poverty is when the housing we can afford is not adequate to the needs of our families. On the other hand, real poverty is - equally - when I have eaten so much that I am uncomfortable, and again, my thoughts center on food. Or when I have so many clothes that I have to spend a lot of mental energy making choices among them or finding ways to store them. Or when, regardless of my living conditions, I am discontent and brooding about how to have more. Real poverty is when material things are uppermost and pressing - whether because we have too few or too many of them. It is poverty, because the human mind and spirit are made for higher things, worthier pursuits.
Maxine HancockTags: wealth contentment poverty prosperity
Compared to the rest of the world, it's like we're living in Disneyland.
David A. ServantTags: truth wealth christianity poverty stewardship disneyland
Hunger and necessity are poor teachers of morality. A society that cannot provide the basics of life does not get its laws obeyed.
A.J. QuinnellTags: society poverty crime laws societal-breakdown
Whose boys are those with the holes in their pants?"
I cringed. How would my grandpa answer such an embarrassing question?
"Those are my daughter's children, my grandchildren," Grandpa spoke as if he'd just been asked who had won first place in a foot race or just been baptized into the church.
"Those pants are very well ironed," the stranger said.
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Be patient, you are in good company. Our Lord Himself, our Lady, the apostles, and countless saints, both men and women, have been poor.
Francis de SalesOur possessions are not ours- God has given them to us to cultivate, that we may make them fruitful and profitable in His Service, and so doing we shall please Him.
Francis de SalesTags: god poverty charity possessions
May we show great concern to those of great concern to God.
Dillon BurroughsTags: poverty god-s-compassion
Eskiden unlu maddeler pahalı idi. Şimdi de pirinç ve fasulye onları gölgede bıraktı.Yeni zenginler gibi asillerin tarafına geçtiler. Demek siz de, fasulye ve pirinç, bizi terkettiniz?
Carolina Maria de JesusTags: poverty diary hunger favela
Yemeği masaya getirince Jaoa gülümsedi. Fasulyelerin siyah olduğunu hiç biri farketmedi. Hayatımız da kara, etrafımızı saran her şey de kara, ondan olacak.
Carolina Maria de JesusKuru fasulyeleri ateşe koydum. Onları yıkarken, "Bugün zengin insanlar gibiyim," dedim. "Fasulye hazırlıyorum.
Carolina Maria de JesusTags: poverty
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