Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable..

Where poverty ceases, avarice begins..

it is easy to starve, but it is difficult to stoop..

Poverty is the fundamental cause of most of the physical, moral and economic ills of humanity..

Poverty, many can endure with dignity. Success, how few can carry off, even with decency and without baring their innermost infirmities before the pu….

I shall not accept more than I need while others in the world have less than they need..

The poor are only they who feel poor..

Everywhere you will find that the wealth of the wealthy springs from the poverty of the poor..

Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are in poverty..

So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with the question of poverty..

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion..

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is..

To me, education is the way out of poverty. And it is the only way..

It is unacceptable that someone can work full time - and work hard - and not be able to lift themselves out of poverty..

Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man, Inhibition, which does men great harm and great good. Inhibition attaches to poverty, boldness to wea….

The conception of the necessary unit of all that is resolves itself into the poverty of the imagination, and a freer logic emancipates us from the st….

It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty….

Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty..

The only real cure for poverty is production..

It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor; It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure..

It is no mere coincidence that there is both an historic and a present relationship between community (people assisting each other) and a poverty of ….