An individual poor person is an isolated island by himself and herself. IT can end that isolation overnight.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the loneliness experienced by individuals struggling with poverty and suggests that connection and support can alleviate their isolation.
Muhammad Yunus highlights the deep sense of isolation that often accompanies poverty, suggesting that individuals living in poor conditions can feel like solitary islands. He advocates for the power of community and connection, indicating that by fostering relationships and support systems, those in poverty can overcome their feelings of loneliness and despair, transforming their lives quickly and dramatically.
In practice
During a motivational talk aimed at community service volunteers.
Civilization has given us enormous successes: going to the moon, technology. But then this is the civilisation that took us to debt, environmental crisis, every single crisis. We need a civilization where we say goodbye to these things.
What I did not know yet about hunger, but would find out over the next twenty-one years, was that brilliant theorists of economics do not find it worthwhile to spend time discussing issues of poverty and hunger. They believe that these will be resolved when general economic prosperity increases. These economists spend all their talents detailing the process of development and prosperity, but rarely reflect on the origin and development of poverty and hunger. A a result, poverty continues.
People.. were poor not because they were stupid or lazy. They worked all day long, doing complex physical tasks. They were poor because the financial institution in the country did not help them widen their economic base.
Some people think that poor people are lazy. Actually, it takes a lot of work to survive when you are dirt-poor.
Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation and despair.
By simply capitalizing on core strengths and knowledge, companies and entrepreneurs can engage in an emerging business model that will enable them to create - and demonstrate - real, sustainable social impact in society.
We reaffirm that on days like this, there are no Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans, united in concern for our fellow citizens.
Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not being God β for not fulfilling all my needs. I, too, must ask forgiveness for not being able to fulfill other people's needs. β¦ The interesting thing is that when you can forgive people for not being God, then you can celebrate that they are a reflection of God.
The rotten apple spoils his companion.
Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
It's amazing that people still feel, 'Oh my gosh, it's a black guy.' We've been here for a long time; let's get used to it. Let's get used to other cultures.
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