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Non-violence can truly flourish when the world is free of poverty, hunger, discrimination, exclusion, intolerance and hatred - when women and men can realize their highest potential and live a secure and fulfilling life. Until then, each and every one of us would have to contribute - collectively and individually - to build peace through non-violence.

No one is kept in poverty by a shortness in the supply of riches, there is more than enough for all.

No solution [to the problem of poverty] is so effective as providing income to the poor. Whether in the form of food, housing, health services, education or money, income is an excellent antidote for deprivation. No truth has spawned so much ingenious evasion.

Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth.

Not only subjective poverty is never overcome by growth, but absolute poverty is increased by it. ... Absolute misery grows while wealth increases.

O blessed poverty, who bestows eternal riches on those who love and embrace her!

Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest.

Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease.

Of those who die from avoidable, poverty-related causes, nearly 10 million, according to UNICEF, are children under five. They die from diseases such as measles, diarrhoea, and malaria that are easy and inexpensive to treat or prevent.

On certain continents poverty is more spiritual than material, a poverty that consists of loneliness, discouragement, and the lack of meaning in life.

Oh, poverty parts good company.

Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.

Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches.

One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty.

Only that which lasts forever is real. That which is done in the temple lasts forever; therefore, the temple is the real world. Most of what we experience "out there," such as sickness, wealth, poverty, fame, etc., lasts for only a short period of time, so it is not the real world.

One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education.

One of the glaring failures of capitalism is the continuing widespread existence of poverty - often extreme poverty. Even in the advanced economies, many millions of people endure terrible economic and social deprivation, despite the incredible wealth all around them.

One ought not to encourage beggars, and yes, you are right, it is far better to donate to charities that address the causes of poverty rather than to him, a creature who is merely its symptom.

Only the poor can know all the disadvantages of poverty. Only the rich can know all the disadvantages of wealth.

Our aid is work for the American people.

Our efforts to help the poor does not mean we're going to eradicate poverty.

Ours is not a problem of the intellect but of spiritual poverty. That is why we need a Savior.

Our opponents say more children are living in poverty than when we came into office. And that's probably right.

Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess

Paper is poverty, it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself.

Over one in five American children is living in poverty, and the number is rising.

Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign

Patches are a nun's jewels.

People think that this concept of GDP is scientific economics, partly because it has a precise number and can be quantified. But the underlying concept of "the market" makes it appear as if today's poverty is natural. It makes it appear that Goldman Sachs and Donald Trump are job creators instead of job destroyers. That is illogical, when you think about it.

People see poverty all around them in India, but they are desensitized or immune to it. I came to the conclusion that poverty is driven by lack of education.

People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening

People would rather live in an area of poverty than in an area where there are no jobs, because if they live in poverty, they have a certain sense of hope they can get out of it. If there are no jobs, there's no hope. And bad things come from that.

Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when I was in China... As kids we never had to starve, but just didn't have enough meat, enough rice.

Poor maids have more lovers than husbands.

Poor and afflicted and oppressed people have faces, and we are required to look squarely into them. We can't love what we won't experience.

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts

Poor people who had escaped from poverty as I had, feared it, hated it and fled from it all their lives. Those born rich could afford to be touched by it.

Poverty and contempt generally go hand-in-hand in this world.

Poverty can lead to tyranny. Capitolism creates freedom. If the poor had a better image of the rich they could be just like them.

Poverty can't be an excuse for bad teaching, but teaching can't be the only thing we do to combat poverty.

Poverty can turn a person into a flaming torch for change and revolution, without which mankind would come to a standstill.

Poverty consist in feeling poor.

Poverty, discrimination, and ignorance restrict growth.

Poverty and loneliness could be seen as a liberation from strivings to become rich and popular.

Poverty and pride are devoted blood brothers until one, always and inevitably, kills the other.

Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.

Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.

Poverty, first of all was never a misfortune for me; it was radiant with sunlight.. I owe it to my family, first of all, who lacked everything and who envied practically nothing.

Poverty is a crime and the poor are terrorists

Poverty is a scorpion; it stings the poor and it also stings the men with high conscience who feel sad about the poverty; the rest is immune to it!