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In the Bible poverty is a scandalous condition inimical to human dignity and therefore contrary to the will of God.

— Gustavo Gutiérrez

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The complete encounter with the Lord will mark an end to history, but it will take place in history.

Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise.

The building of a just society means overcoming every obstacle to the creation of authentic peace.

Through the persons who explicitly accept his Word, the Lord reveals the world to itself.

As we progress, various shades of meaning and deeper levels of understanding will complement this initial effort.

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We spend our lives fighting to get people very slightly more stupid than ourselves to accept truths that the great men have always known.

Doris Lessing The Golden Notebook (1962)

It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.

Solomon

If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.

Leo Tolstoy

The poor, by thinking unceasingly of money, reach the point of losing the spiritual advantages of non-possession, thereby sinking as low as the rich.

Emil Cioran The Trouble With Being Born (1973)

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