“A culture that holds people back should and can be changed.”
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People Quotes — page 1122 of 5018
“I was trained to become an economist and I finished my work and I was teaching and did my PhD so I thought I did that. I prepared myself for that kind of road. But then I realized that I had not learned enough to solve the problem of poverty. So I distanced myself from the things that I learned and tried to learn anew about people.”
“it is bad manners to contradict a guest. You must never insult people in your own house - always go to theirs.”
“Death is the advertisement, at the end of an autobiography, wherein people discover its virtues.”
“There is a great deal of trouble in this world which is not caused by people keeping their mouths shut.”
“There are many people who consider love a dream, but they usually grow to think of marriage as the cold breakfast.”
“People are not hungry just for bread, they are hungry for love.”
“What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more. If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.”
“Many people (who go to her as volunteers) have found peace, joy and unity in their families by helping the poor.”
“These concerns (for orphan children in India and elsewhere in the world) are very good, but often these same people are not concerned with the millions that are killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers.”
“People are hungry for God. What [a] terrible meeting [it] would be with our neighbour if we give them only ourselves.”
“The poor are our brothers and sisters ... people in the world who need love, who need care, who have to be wanted.”
“Holiness is not a luxury for the few; it is not just for some people. It is meant for you and for me and for all of us. It is a simple duty, because if we learn to love, we learn to be holy.”
“Death, in the final analysis, is only the easiest and quickest means to go back to God. If only we could make people understand that we come from God and that we have to go back to Him!”
“Whatever we get from the government or other people - even one rupee we get, we give it to the poor. Completely free service.”
“I love people who are real.”
“Some people live where they work. Others just visit.”
“How did you find me anyway." "For all that I must keep reminding you that I am not a bloodhound, it's true that on occasion, having a sensitive nose is a useful thing. I followed the smell of you." Tybalt sighed, looking exaggeratedly put-upon. "If you must be ferried back to your people, I suppose I can oblige. But only because you asked me so very nicely, and promised me a kiss.”
“Some people say I have issues. I say those people need to expand their horizons because I don't have issues, I have the Library of Congress”
“People say things like "it wasn't supposed to go this way" and "this isn't what I wanted." They're just making noise. There's no such thing as "supposed to," and what you want doesn't matter. All that matters is what happened.”