Poor Condition

Famous quotes containing the words poor and/or condition:

“Do not tell me ... of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“The “kingdom of heaven” is a condition of the heart—not something that comes “above the earth” or “after death.””
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)