Country Quote by Pope Francis

We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving…

— Thomas R. Kelly

Poverty is a soft pedal upon the branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual.

— H. L. Mencken

Poverty is a form of hell caused by man's blindness to God's unlimited good for him. You should be prosperous, well supplied and have…

— Catherine Ponder

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

— Mother Teresa

It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Poverty is not for the sake of hardship. No, it is there because nothing exists but Allah. Poverty unlocks the door - what a…

— Rumi

The real proof of spiritual poverty is to patiently endure the loss of worldly goods and without any regret when it pleases our heavenly…

— John Calvin

We could also say that there is only one real kind of poverty: not living as children of God and brothers and sisters of…

— Pope Francis

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse…

— Washington Irving

It is not poverty so much as pretence that harasses a ruined man--the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse--the keeping up…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

Poverty is a reaper: it harvests everything inside us that might have made us capable of social intercourse with others, and leaves us empty,…

— Muriel Barbery

Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth.

— Jane Austen