Rich And Poor Quotes

“People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity.”
― Douglas Coupland, The Gum Thief

“I think that, people are people. That's why the way I treat the lady working in the deli who slices my ham is the same way I treat my friend who drives a Chrysler. That's why the way I treat the guy who packs my groceries is the same way I treat my rich friends. Because people are people. Some are rich and some are poor, and they're all people.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“There is a higher form of hierarchy and that is the hierarchy of the spirit. When I stand in front of a person, I stand in front of a soul and I have met magnificent souls in bodies possessing no money, as well as parched and shallow souls in bodies bathed in riches. In the same light, I have met magnificent souls in bodies bathed in wealth, as well as parched and shallow souls in bodies that are impoverished. I am tired of people busying their minds with hierarchy based upon money, because this form of hierarchy is primitive; meanwhile there is an altogether higher form of hierarchy that is of the soul. As you judge man and woman based upon their riches, I laugh at your primitive form of judgment! When I stand in front of a human, I stand in front of a soul.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“A CEO shouldn't get several hundred times the salary that the janitor is paid. An athlete shouldn't get several hundred times the salary that the waterboy is paid. A filmstar shouldn't get several hundred times the salary that the crew at the bottom are paid.

I understand if you are not yet civilized enough to flatten the field completely – for you are an infantile species after all. But at the very least, do your best to reduce the gap - that is, if you intend to be human someday.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“How to Become Rich?
Work For The Rich, They Will Keep You Poor;
Work For The Poor, They Will Make You Rich.”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“More often than not moral richness ensues material meagerness.”
― B.S. Murthy

“Economic growth doesn't mean the growth of disparity, it means the end of disparity. And we can never end disparity from our society unless we cut off all ties with luxury, preferably by individual accountability, if not, then by means of policy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“Himalayan Sonneteer Sonnet 81

If we treat people,
Like we treat currency,
That is the end of the world,
That is the end of society.
Currency is a social construct,
So, its value varies based on geography.
Humanity is the foundation of our existence,
How can we be human if we value people like currency!
North, South, East, West, humans are the best,
Mind not location, human life is worth just the same.
Appearance may differ across geography,
But our innate humanity is one and the same.
So I say, a nation's value lies not in its currency,
But its regard for the welfare of all humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“If you were not born with a silver spoon, take any spoon, and coat it with silver.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“While the poor devours food, the rich toys with it.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“The rich hear about starvation.
The poor can write a novel about it.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Material means that hide man's meanness fail to reflect his moral richness.”
― B.S. Murthy

“Better all head back to the jungle
than some fly in private jets
while others cry of hunger.
Better have no progress whatsoever,
than the rich get richer, and the poor poorer.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Sonnet 1178

Five little rich tourists sink in a sub,
Wallets open without limit on a search-n-rescue op.
A 1000 migrants die each year tryna cross the sea,
Borders tighten in sheer fear with no show of mercy.

People are only worth saving
if their savings is super healthy.
50 Shades would be a Hitchcock film
if the sicko had no money.

Empathy is a far cry, life is never the issue.
While next-door-neighbor cries of hunger,
Netflix wets more tissue.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Five little rich tourists sink in a sub,
Wallets open without limit on a search-n-rescue op.
A 1000 migrants die each year tryna cross the sea,
Borders tighten in sheer fear with no show of mercy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Ukraine is worth aiding, but not Afghanistan,
Tourists are worth saving, but not refugees.
Loss of any life is indeed a moment of tragedy,
Then why this double-standard and hypocrisy!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“The purpose of money is,
To keep mind and body together.
Not to separate the mind,
From society, from collective welfare.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

“We live in a world where the abundance of one
is predicated on the bankruptcy of another.
Let all such coldness and hypocrisy end with you,
Be the real sapiens standing as the equalizer.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“He [Robert Moses] built parks and playgrounds with a lavish hand, but they were parks and playgrounds for the rich and comfortable...Recreation facilities for the poor he doled out like a miser.”
― Robert Caro

“The day the billions of people of earth are valued more than the billionaires, that day you shall be human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“The Carnivore (Sonnet 1406)

Be a gentle giant like the elephant,
not an opportunistic carnivore like the wolf.
The elephant doesn't harm anyone
to prove its greatness, while the wolf
doesn't think twice to devour another wolf.

Greatness unfolds through gentleness,
Illumination unfolds through expansion.
Coldness is the mark of cowardly animal,
Cruelty is cover for beastly degeneration.

Worst of all carnivores are the humans,
There is no end to their appetite.
Animals no longer partake once they are full,
While human greed knows no sane height.

More clothes, more cars, more cash,
Just how much will you consider enough!
Till you put a cork on cocky abundance,
Not felicity but disparity wreaks havoc.

Savagest carnivore of all is the human.
Uncorked materialism is new cannibalism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Uncorked materialism is new cannibalism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“More clothes, more cars, more cash,
Just how much will you consider enough!
Till you put a cork on cocky abundance,
Not felicity but disparity wreaks havoc.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Society is not a stock market,
where the supreme measure is money.
One smile, one hug, is worth more,
than all the dough in US treasury.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“My Struggle (Sonnet 1500)

My struggle is to build a world, where
gestapo, mi6, cia, raw, all are history;
where thieves aren't glorified as heroes,
invasion isn't sugarcoated as security;

military is found only in books of history,
where guns are displayed in museum as relics;
nukes are just defense against celestial threat,
where green sources power all things electric;

where it's illegal to amass limitless wealth -
food, housing, education, healthcare, are free;
where no one can be politician without license,
where citizens listen to experts, not celebrity.

My struggle is to build a world, where
human rights is a human issue, not legal one;
where equality is not a belief, but the norm -
where human is neither ape nor robot, but human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Monkeys burn millions selling you the future, while back on earth humans struggle to make ends meet on 1/4 to 7 dollar hourly wage.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Sonnet 1492

If you cared more about
making people smile
than bringing machines to life,
we'd be at a much better place.

With all the tech we have today,
we could equalize the world tomorrow.
But no, cyborgs gotta develop more,
they feel impotent unless their tentacles grow.

That's why, neither genocide nor invasion
must obstruct the growth of apely machines.
It's okay if children die of malnourishment,
funding mustn't cease for glorious tech fiends.

Terrestrial terrains to celestial shores,
humanity is the only species to die of smart-ness.
If we cared more about people than devices,
truly and honestly, we'd be at a much better place.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“With all the tech we have today,
we could equalize the world tomorrow.
But no, cyborgs gotta develop more,
they feel impotent unless their tentacles grow.

That's why, neither genocide nor invasion
must obstruct the growth of apely machines.
It's okay if children die of malnourishment,
funding mustn't cease for glorious tech fiends.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“If you cared more about making people smile than bringing machines to life, we'd be at a much better place.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Better broke than bent.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets