“We have imagined ourselves a special creation, set apart from other humans. In the last twentieth century, we see that our povertyis as absolute as that of the poorest nations. We have attempted to deny the human condition in our quest for power after power. It would be well for us to rejoin the human race, to accept our essential poverty as a gift, and to share our material wealth with those in need.”
![“I strongly believe that we can create a poverty-free world, if we want to… In that kind of world, [the] only place you can see poverty is in the museum. When school children will be on a tour of the poverty museum, they will be horrified to see the misery and indignity of human beings. They will…” quote by Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6b7/muhammad-yunus-2158_believe_i-strongly-believe-that-we-can-create-a_2616379.jpg)
![“We're [humans] running great risks of doing things that will not be good for us. The cost can be very high indeed if we reach the point where we can't adapt to our own increasingly rapid adaptations. We run the risk of early extinction. So this certainly isn't a triumphalist story, but it is…” quote by Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5d8/robert-neelly-bellah-25104_adaptation_we-re-humans-running-great-risks-of-doin_1819566.jpg)
![“Their [the U.S.’s] defense budget in absolute figures is almost 25 times bigger than Russia’s. This is what in defense is referred to as ‘their home — their fortress.’ And good for them, I say. Well done!” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ec3/vladimir-putin-261_absolutes_their-the-u-s-s-defense-budget-in-absolu_10791.jpg)
